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tune—  Exile  Patriot. 

J.  The  Author  while  writing",  his  Muse  was  delighting1, 
Improving  his  moments  as  they  pass  away, 
Fair  Reason  exciting,  the  curious  inviting 
To  purchase  his  Poems,  and  make  no  delay. 

2.  And  then  they'll  have-freedom  to  sit  down  and  read  tbem, 
Correct,  or  respect  them,  as  fancy  may  lead  them  ; 

By  rhyming  and  chiming  in  beauty  exceed  them, 
And  afar  greater  genius,  perhaps,  may  display. 

3.  The  Atb/ist  and  Deist,  may  here  share  a  portion 
Of  what  is  contained  in  the  rays  of  the  Star, 
That  in  their  return  they  may  pay  their  devotion 
To  Him,  whom  the  sages  once  sought  from  a  far. 

4.  And  when  they  had  found  the  First  Cause  of  Creation, 
The  King  of  the  Jews,  and  the  God  of  Salvation, 
They  prostrate  before  Him,  and  paid  adoration, 
Presenting  their  gold,  and  frankincense,  and  myrrh. 

b.  To  the  Christian  delighting,  in  arguments  pi  asing, 
The  Author  with  pleasure  presents  an  Essay 
In  defence  of  the  truth,  from  the  dictates  of  Reason-, 
3y  the  light  ot  the  Star,  at  the  break  of  the  day. 

6.  Likewise  to  the  skeptics   descendants  of  Arious, 
On  popular  tenets,  to  many  precarious. 
Especially  those  who  are  now  Unitarious, 

The  Star  in  the  morning  will  dart  them  a  ray. 

7.  The  Sun  is  a  rising,  while  error  surprising 

Most  gravely  appears  fr&n  the  wardrobes  of  Hght^ 

With  insinuations,  that's  raising  vexations 

With  Churches,  and  Preachers,  and  People  polite. 

8.  Ye  soldiers  of  Jesus,  both  scholars  and  farmers, 
Advance  to  the  ars'n?.!,  of  bright  Christian  armors, 
Nor  hear  to  the  music  of  those  pleasing  charmers  ;  * 
Awake  !  to  your  arms — and  contend  for  your  right  ! 

9.  The  Author,  exploring  the  Chart  of  Freemasons, 
A  beautiful  portrait  therein  he  espied, 

Three  globular  circles  as  round  as  three  basons, 
Likewise  a  triangle,  of  three  co.  qual  sldt-s. 

10.  The  three  endless  circles,  denote  the  eternity 
Of  the  Father,  the  Son,  and   Spirit's  Fr<v  •_.  •  >ity, 
While  the  triangle  shews  to  the  world  their  -quality; 
Thisjaith  of  Freemasons  should  ne'er  be  deciied. 


*  Arian  Teachetg. 


The  Moaning  Stax  oi  Reason,  &c 


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PART  FIRST. 

A  CHECK  TO    ATHEISM. 

As  "  God  hath  chosen  the  foolish  things  of  this 
world  to  confound  the  wise"  permit  the  Author  to 
choose  a  plain  simple  mode  of  reasoning,  if  haply, 
by  the  foolishness  of  the  same  he  may  save  some. 

"  COME  NOW  AND  LET  US  REASON  TOGETHER.'' 

NOW  let  the  Star  oi  Reason  rise. 
And  teach  the  simple  to  be  wise, 
And  shew  from  whence  creation  came; — 
Tell  the  great  Author  and  his  name. 
And  when  her  glorious  work  is  done, 
Absorb  in  revelation's  sun, 
And  let  that  sun  forever  shine, 
And  then  right  reason  shall  be  mine, 
But  she  must  have  a  resting  place, 
Or  ramble  in  eternal  space  ; 
Her  centre  is  that  Great  First  Cause, 
Who  gave  all  nature  birth  and  laws 


In  vain  false  Reason  might  advance,* 

And  say  that  all  things  come  by  chance, 

Without  a  skilful  architect 

Of  wisdom,  power,  and  high  respect. 

Since  chance  is  all  contingency, 

By  chance,  such  order  ne'er  could  be 

As  in  the  natural  world  appears, 

To  govern  days,  and  months,  and  years, 

By  which  Astronomers  can  tell, 

For  half  a  century  as  well, 

Some  great  eclipse  upon  the  sun, 

As  if  the  event  was  past  and  done. 

Can  chance  produce  order  like  this  ? 

Reason,  says  chance,  by  chance  might  misa 

*  By  Chance,  men  have  like  mushrooms  grown'. 
Or  moss,  upon  the  smooth  flint  stone  ; 
Without  a  seed,  without  a  soil, 
Without  a  planter,  or  his  toil. 
Or  rise  like  trees,  and  fall  again, 
Senseless  eternally  remain. 
Or  transmutate  to  other  creatures 
Of  different  size,  of  different  features, 
A  sprightly  horse,  or  stupid  ox, 
A  howling  wolf,  or  subtle  fox, 
A  mewing  cat,  or  growling  dog  ; 
By  Chance,  some  reptile,  snake  or  frog. 
Then  ape,  and  in  the  monkey  scowl, 
Or  hoot  in  yonder  midnight  owl. 
By  Chance,  the  world  might  transmutate, 
From  something  small  to  something  great  f 
By  Chance,  the  planets  might  go  out ; 
The  earth  have  legs  and  walk  about. 
Then  vegetables  would  be  hair, 
And  animals  to  lice  compare. 
But  where  we  see  a  pleasant  field, 
The  earth,  by  Chance,  has  there  been  peal'd. 
By  chance,  perhaps,  my  readers  smile  ; 
By  Chance,  be  serious  now  awhile. 
J$  Chance  a  God  ?  By  Chance  he  rules, 
By  Chance,  his  subjects  may  be  fools. 

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Nor  can  right  Reason  e'er  suppose 

That  something  out  of  nothing  rose ; 

For  if  from  nothing  something  came, 

Nothing  supports  creation's  frame. 

Then  let  false  Reason  quit  her  task, 

And  Reason  right,  some  questions  ask : 

Can  there  be  worlds  without  a  cause  ? 

Can  there  be  subjects  without  laws  ? 

Can  there  be  laws  without  an  aid, 

By  whom  all  nature's  laws  were  made  ? 

Reason  says,  No  ;  I  cannot  see 

But  what  some  Great  First  Cause  must  be. 

Then  tell  us  Reason,  if  you  can, 

Who  first  begat  the  soul  of  man  ; 

Or  who  in  man  so  wisely  wrought 

Those  intellectuai  powers  of  thought  ? 

Since  no  effect  in  nature's  laws 

Can  ever  rise  above  their  cause  : 

Could  inert  matter  e'er  produce 

Such  mental  powers  of  noble  use  ? 

Reason  says,  No  ;  and  thus  replies  : 

From  spirit  they  must  first  arise, 

A  spirit  infinitely  great, 

All  -wise,  Almighty  to  create. 

Here  Reason  seem'd  awhile  to  pause, 

And  thought  about  her  Great  First  Cause  ;; 

Then  feeling  anxious  in  her  mind, 

The  cause  of  thinking  pow'rs  to  find, 

She  spread  her  lofty  wings  in  flight, 

And  soar'd  above  the  orbs  of  light  ; 

And  through  immensity  of  space, 

'Till  almost  wearied  in  her  chase; 

Thefn  hov'ring  on  the  wings  of  hope, 

Made  use  of  Reason's  telescope  ; 


And  looking  to  eternity, 

No  end  of  causes  could  she  see, 

'Till  she  became  so  eagle-ey'd, 

One  self-existent  source  she  spi'd, 

Of  independent  power  possess'd, 

The  spring  of  life  to  all  the  rest. 

Elated  with  her  enterprise, 

She  saw  from  whence  effects  arise ; 

The  fountain  head  of  reason  right, 

Of  intellectual  pow'rs  so  bright* 

From  whom  all  rationals  receive 

Their  being,  and  in  whom  they  live. 

And  here  she  found  a  place  to  rest 

From  toil  and  pain,  and  doubts  oppress'd i 

Her  hopes  were  swallowed  up  in  sight, 

Her  darkness  changed  into  light. 

Her  consolations  now  were  great, 

To  find  the  power  that  did  create  ; 

Who  grasps  creation  in  his  hand, 

And  measures  Oceans  with  a  span, 

And  weighs  the  mountains  in  a  scale, 

Upholding  worlds,  or  worlds  would  fail. 

But  here  she  had  to  condescend 

To  own  what  she  can't  comprehend ; 

Nor  till  with  all  her  powers  possess'd, 

How  this  first  cause  could  self  exist; 

But  own'd  it  was  a  mystery,* 

The  depth  of  which  she  cannot  see ; 

*  To  mystery,  she  must  consent, 

Or  war  until  her  stores  are  spent  ; 

And  all  her  mental  powers  exhaust, 

And  lose  her  life  to  pay  the  cost. 

For  when  she  views  creation  round,  Cc 

Myst'ry,  in  ev'ry  thing  is  tound.  £See  next  PaSe~ 


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Then  bow'd  and  worshiped  with  a  nod, 
And  said,  "  My  First  Great  Cause  is  God  !" 
Transported  with  the  joyful  theme, 
Of  paying  homage  to  his  name ; 
Her  faith  in  full  she  then  expressed, 
And  said,  "  I  am  no  Atheist." 

PART  SECOND. 

A    CHECK    TO    DEISM,    IN    FAVOR    OF  REVELATION. 

"  Thou  believest  that  there  is  one  God.     Thou 
doest  well — the  devils  also  believe  and  tremble" 

NOW  let  the  sons  of  Reason  own, 

The  God-head  dwelt  in  bliss  alone  ;• 

Before  created  things  were  made, 

Or  the  Almighty  power  display'd. 

In  whom  all  knowledge  lay  conceal'd, 

Until  his  attributes  reveal'd 

The  natural  and  the  moral  world, 

With  all  their  contents  now  unfurl'd. 

In  the  all-wise  Creator's  plan, 

He  formed  the  active  creature,  Map ; 

From  whom  his  works  were  once  conceal'd* 

To  whom  his  works  are  now  reveal'd. 

Revealed  light  illumes  his  eyes  ; 

Revealed  food  his  taste  supplies  ; 

The  aromatic  flow'r  or  rose, 

Their  fragrance  to  his  sense  disclose  $■ 

Nor  could  she  fully  comprehend 
A  sp':re  of  grass,  should  she  pretend. 
If  myst'ry  rules  in  Nature's  laws, 
It  was  deriv'd  from  th«-ir  First  Cause, 
Who  self-exists  in  mystery, 
And  doubtless  will  eternally. 


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The  power  of  touch  he  feels  acute  ; 

Revealed  sounds  his  ears  salute  : 

Though  revelation  is  decried, 

This  light  appears  on  every  side. 

Man  mounts  the  stage  quite  ignorant 

And  so  remains,  'till  he  is  sent 

To  College,  'cademies,  or  Schools, 

To  learn  the  scientific  rules. 

His  tutors  then,  he  must  obey, 

Who  first  reveal'd  the  letter  A  ; 

And  so  throughout  the  alphabet, 

'Till  he  has  learnt  it  all  complete. 

Teachers  reveal,  scholars  admire, 

'Till  they  the  sciences  acquire  ; 

By  searching  all  their  various  parts, 

"Till  they  become  Masters  of  Arts, 

Then  let  the  man  of  science  own 

He  nothing  knows  but  what's  made  known ; 

And  if  made  known,  'tis  not  conceaFd, 

So  all  he  knows  has  been  reveal'd. 

He  could  not  tell  from  whence  he  came, 

Nor  would  not  even  know  his  name, 

If  it  was  not  reveal'd  to  him, 

By  some  kind  friend,  or  God  supreme. 

What  is  there,  then,  that's  not  reveal'd  ? 

Nothing,  indeed — but,  what's  ccmceaVd  : 

And  if  conceal'd  it  is  not  known; 

This  reason  forces  man  to  own. 

If  revelation  he  denies, 

He  first  must  put  out  Reason's  eyes ; 

And  then  he  has  no  pilot  here, 

And  cannot  tell  what  course  to  steer, 


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He's  left  to  wander  in  the  dark, 

And  steer  by  guess  his  doubtful  barque  : 

As  Mariners,  by  tempest  toss'd, 

When  chart  and  compass  both  are  lost, 

Without  a  pole-star,  or  a  guide, 

On  boist'rous  waves  to  wander  wide  ; 

Where  Reason  could  no-haven  gain, 

To  sail  an  age  with  Thomas  Paine. 

Then  quit  his  helm  and  lab'ring  oar, 

Sprang  overboard,  and  swam  to  shore  * 

After  a  long  and  tedious  night, 

She  liv'd  to  see  the  morning  light, 

Then  bid  adieu  to  great  Voltaire, 

And  left  him  sinking  in  despair.* 

As  revelation's  sun  arose, 

His  morning  beauties  to  disclose, 

False  reason  sunk  in  shades  of  night, 

Suppress'd  by  revelation's  light. 

The  sky  was  clear,  the  air  serene, 

No  clouds  of  doubt  could  intervene  > 

The  mists  of  error  fled  away, 

And  left  fair  Reason  clear  as  day ; 

Reason,  from  reason  fair  must  own, 

That  all  she  knows  has  been  made  know»< 

As  evevy  day  and  week  presents 

New  scenes,  new  troubles,  new  events, 

So  every  month  and  every  year, 

Will  prove  right  reason  argues  fair.. 

*  rronch'"!  the  physician  of  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  heing  sen 
for  to  attend  Voltaire  in  his  illness  at  Paris,  Voltaire  said  lint 
him,  "Sir,  I  de&ire  you  would  save  nriy  life,  I  will  give  you  th 
half  of  my  fortune,  if.  you.  lengthen  out  my  days  only  for  si 
months  If  not,  I  shall  go  to  the  Devil,  and  shall  carry  yo 
sway  along  with  me."     See  Fletcher's  Letters,  p.  234, 


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We  see  and  hear,  we  taste  and  smell, 

And  feel  the  touch,  when  all  is  well, 

By  which  we  form  distinct  ideas 

Of  things  disgusting,  or  that  please. 

If  outward  senses  can  receive 

Material  things,  by  which  we  live, 

Why  not  the  senses  of  the  mind 

Receive  the  things  that's  more  refin'd  ? 

Substance  on  substance  can  impress 

Its  likeness,  this  we  must  confess ; 

As  types  their  signatures  reveal. 

By  an  impression  on  a  seal. 

So  spirit  can  on  spirit  move? 

Exciting  rational  to  love, 

And  to  our  intellects  reveal 

A  power  divine,  which  spirits  feel 

The  greater  can  the  less  control, 

So  God  can  move  upon  the  soul, 

Knowledge  divine  to  men  impart, 

And  stamp  his  image  on  their  heart. 

The  face  of  nature  smiles  to  prove 

His  image  must  be  that  of  love. 

His  nature  must  be  goodness,  too, 

Which  does  to  all  his  creatures  flow, 

Throughout  creation's  vast  domain, 

Where  wisdom,  power,  and  goodness  reign. 

But  whence  do  natural  evils  rise, 

Producing  tears,  and  groans  and  sighs  ; 

Could  they  at  first  originate 

From  God,  the  sotarce  of  goodness  great  ? 

Reason  says  true,  this  must  be  strange, 

If  nature's  undergone  no  ehange  ; 

If  all  things  as  at  first  remain, 

Oh  why  should  nature  thus  complain  ? 


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T*he  elements  would  not  contend, 
And  animals  would  not  offend, 
And  men,  no  doubt,  would  all  agree 
And  dwell  in  peace  and  harmony. 
But  now  we  see  it  is  not  so, 
All  nature  seems  destined  to  wo  ; 
And  animals  their  swords  have  drawn, 
To  slay  mankind,  as  if  forlorn, 
Come  Reason  fair,  and  now  explain 
This  mystery,  which  does  still  remain, 
Concerning  elements  that  rage 
And  animals  upon  the  stage. 
God  is  a  God  of  attributes, 
[Right  reason  say,  to  shun  disputes,] 
Of  wisdom,  goodness,  power  divine, 
While  truth  and  justice  in  him  shine. 
His  power  and  wisdom  were  display'd 
In  all  the  animals  he  made ; 
His  goodness  did  supply  and  feed 
Them  all,  of  every  kind  and  breed. 
But  still  his  truth  remain'd  conceal'd, 
Until  his  law  was  first  reveal'd, 
And  when  his  holy  laws  were  broke, 
Justice  for  vengeance  loudly  spoke  ! 
Man  is  a  composition  great, 
Of  all  the  elements  complete  ; 
Both  earth  and  air,  Water  and  fire, 
In  human  bodies  all  conspire. 
And  with  those  elements  refin'd, 
God  gave  to  man  a  moral  mind, 
Of  intellectual  powers  well  strung  ; 
A  consciousness  of  right  and  wrong. 


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This  King  of  Kings  and  Potentate. 
Whom  moral  agents  did  create, 
Fair  Reason  says,  as  their  first  cause. 
He  had  the  right  to  give  them  laws  : 
And  that  his  laws  might  be  of  force. 
He  sanction' d  penalties,  of  course  ; 
And  man  was  happy,  God  to  please, 
While  he  obey'd  his  high  decrees. 
Then  conscious  reason  has  to  own, 
VJ  ill  laws  were  broke,  no  pains  were  known 
Then  man  is  not  what  he  once  was, 
When  he  first  came  from  his  First  Cause  ! 
He  must  have  broke  the  grand  edict, 
Or  God  those  pains  would  ne'er  inflict; 
The  penalty,  no  doubt,  was  death, 
Or  man  would  ne'er  resign  his  breath. 
And  when  the  law  was  put  in  force, 
All  nature  felt  the  curse,  of  course  ; 
Those  elements  that  form'd  the  man, 
For  all  the  rest  must  fall  or  stand. 
Being  govern'd  by  the  active  soul, 
Of  mental  powers,  that  rul'd  the  whole^ 
When  man  the  law  of  God  transgress'd^ 
All  nature  groaned,  as  one  oppressed. 
W^hat  was  that  law,  can  reason  tell 
The  rule,  by  which  man  stood  or  fell  ? 
That  monitor  in  every  breast, 
Which  by  the  Deists  is  confess'd, 
And  here  they  step  on  holy  ground, 
While  yet  in  unbelief  they're  found  ; 
(Let  them  take  off  their  shoes  in  haste, 
Least  they  defile  the  holy  plaice.) 
For  if  they'll  read  the  first  of  John, 

B 


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They'll  see  what  ground  they  tread  upon, 
Christ  is  the  true  light,  J ohh  declares* 
Which  unto  every  man  appears ; 
The  Deists,  then,  are  not  exempt, 
Though  to  evade  this,  they'll  attempt, 
And  say,  'tis  but  the  light  of  nature, 
If«o,  it  comes  from  their  Creator  : 
And  consequently  is  made  known, 
By  nature's  God,  this  they  must  own. 
Then  revelation  must  be  true, 
To  give  those  gentlemen  their  due. 
Since  nature's  light,  and  light  divine, 
Doth  both  without  and  in  them  shine, 
They  now  may  seek  salvation  free, 
Consistent  with  philosophy. 
And  read  the  scriptures,  which  contain 
The  will  of  God,  reveal'd  to  men. 


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PART  THIRD. 

A  check  to  Unitarian  belief  in  the  abstract,  (as 
published  in  the  Pittsfield  Sun,  September  19, 
1821.)  The  votaries  of  this  belief  (or  rather  un- 
belief} hold  that  Jesus  Christ  is  not  God,  neither 
an  object  of  divine  adoration.  And  that  he  is  noth- 
ing more  than  a  person  endowed  with  a  divine  mis- 
sion from  God,  and  of  course  deny,  the  doctrine  of 
the  Holy  Trinity.  In  support  of  the  latter,  the  Au- 
thor makes  the  following  remarks. 

"Earnestly  contend  for  the  faith  which  was  once 
delivered  unto  the  Saints" 

"If  the  foundations  be  destroyed,  what  can  the 
righteous  do '?" 

THOSE  permanent  foundations  must  be  three, 
Of  essence  one,  of  power  and  unity  ; 
Describ'd  as  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Throughout  the  Gospel  to  the  uttermost. 
The  sacred  scriptures  solemnly  declare, 
That  there  are  three*  who  do  true  record  bear 
In  heaven  above,  as  is  express'd  by  John, 
Describ'd  as  three,  and  jet  pronounced  one. 
One  great  eternal  power  and  Godhead,  f 
By  whom  this  world  and  all  things  else  were 

made  ; 
One  indivisible  eternal  three, 
Whose  omnipresence  fills  immensity. 
In  plural  terms  the  Godhead  does  express, 
Their  councils  and  resolves,!  must  confess, 
God  speaks  to  God,  as  man  to  man  declares, 
When  he  resolves  to  prosecute  affairs. 

*  1  John,  5,  7.    f  Romans  1.  20. 


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And  when  the  triune  God  from  silence  broke* 
The  first  in  council  to  the  others  spoke  : 
"  Let  us  make  man,  go  to,  let  us  go  down,* 
The  language  of  the  wicked  to  confound," 
And  these  phraseologies  appear  to  be 
A  confirmatjon  of  the  trinity. 
Of  three  distinct  personal  subsistences, 
Of  essence  one,  who  gave  the  world  decrees. 
The  wordf  of  God  was  God,  with  God  I  write 
Eternal  life,  and  equal  light  with  light;  . 
Wisdom  with  wisdom^power  with  power  divine, 
Whose  attributes  bright  as  the  Father's  shine. J 
Who  being  in  the  glorious  form  of  God,  j| 
Before  he  left  his  high  and  bright  abode, 
Then  thought  he  might  have  claimed  equality 
With  God,  the  Father,  without  robbery  : 
Which  must  imply  his  nature  and  his  name, 
Together  with  his  fulness,  was  the  same. 
Omnipotent,  omnicient,  he  must  be, 
And  omnipresent  from  eternity. 
Of  his  eternity  who  can  dispute  ?■ 
Let  wisdom  speak,  and  check  a  long  dispute  : 
"The  Lord  in  the  beginning  of  his  way 
Possessed  me,"  we  hear  true  wisdom  say  ;1F 
The  way  of  God,  whose  contemplative  way, 
Must  be  as  ancient  as  eternal  day  ; 
As  ancient  as  his  self-existent  mind, 
The  date  of  whose  be&innine;  none  can  find. 
'Twas  then  the  son,  or  word,  or  wisdom  was, 
[One  with  the  Father,as  the  Great  First  Cause] 
When  he  the  system  of  creation  plann'd, 
Before  our  Saviour  wrought  it  with  his  hand. 

*  Gen.  1.  26  Ch.  11.  7.    f  John  1. 1,  2,  3,4.    t  Heb.  Xt  % 
(]  Phil  2,  6.    %  Prov.  8,23. 


17 

If  by  the  word*  created  things  were  made, 
The  truth  of  which  no  christian  can  evade, 
He  must  exist  before  created  things, 
The  uncreated  Lord,  and  King  of  Kings. 
The  great  and  glorious  titles  that  are  giv'n 
To  God  the  Father,  now  enthron'd  in  heaven, 
Are,  I  think,  to  God  the  Son  apply'd 
Throughout  the  scriptures,scarce  can  be  deni'd 
He's  called  "  God,"f  whose  name  is  rightly 

spelt, 
In  whom"  the  fulness  of  theGodhead  dwelt." J 
"  The  mighty  God,  and  the  all-mighty  too, 
The  everlasting  Father,§  this  is  true." 
"  The  great  God,"  who  never  was  so  small, 
But  he  had  ample  power  to  save  us  all. 
"  God  over  all  blessed  forever  more," 
Whom  saints  and  angels  worship  and  adore  (j 
"  The  Alpha  and  Omega,  he  is  penn'd, 
The  first  and  last,  beginning  and  the  end." 
"  This  is  the  true  God,  and  eternal  life,"lT 
"  God  only  wise,  our  Saviour  ends  the  strife."** 
I  think  the  sacred  scriptures  must  convince 
The  man  of  science  and  of  common  sense, 
That  Christ  is  God,  in  essence  of  his  nature, 
Or  he  could  ne'er  have  been  the  world's  cre- 
ator ,  [sist, 
By  whom  all  things  in  heaven  and:  earth  con- 
As  Paul,  the  great  Apostle  has  express'd  ; 
That  at  the  name  of  Jesus  ft  we  should  bow, 
While  heavenly  hosts  fall  down  and  shew  us 
how. 

*  John  1,  3.  Col.  1,  18.  f  Heb.  1,  8.  *  Col.  2,  9.  §  Isa.  9, 
6.  Rev.  1;  8.  [j  Rev.  5,  11,  12.  tf  1  John  5,  20.  **  Jude  25. 
ft  PhU.2,  10,  21,  B.2. 


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The  holy  ghost,  the  sacred  comforter 
Is  God  in  essence,  this  I  must  declare  ; 
One  with  the  father  and  the  son  the  same  ; 
One  light,  one  love,  one  great  eternal  flame* 
As,  for  example,  here  are  tapers,  three, 
One  substance  and  one  element,  we  see, 
Distinct  they  blaze  amidst  the  shades  of  night, 
Whose  mingling  rays  form  but  one  general 

light. 
And  in  this  element  of  liquid  fire, 
Light,  heat  and  colour  perfectly  conspire, 
Inseparably  join'd*  these  three  are  one, 
So  is  the  Father,  Holy-Ghost  and  Son. 

PART  FOURTH. 

A  check  to  Christ-mn  Unitariayiism, 

O  that  the  Muse  might  call  without  offence, 
Those  bible  Christians  back  to  bible  sense  *r  ■ 
Impossible,  persuade  them  if  he  can, 
Firm  to  believe  that  Christ  is  God  and  man. 
"  God  is  a  spirit,"  so  must  be  his  son,  # 
Likewise  the  Holy-Ghost,  these  three  are  one, 
If  of  one  spirit,  of  one  nature,  too, 
And  must  be  one  in  essence,  this  is  true. 
Christians,  the  Father,  and  the  Son,  you  own 
In  unity,  but  not  in  essence,  one. 
You  say  the  Son  in  person  is  divine, 
Whose  attributes  albove  the  angels  shine, 
But  is  not  equal  with  Jehovah  God, 
Nor  yet  in  rank  so  low,  as  human  blood., 

*•  Son  or  second  person  of  the  adorable  Trinity, 
Abstractly  considered  from  his  humanity, 


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If  Jesus  Christ  is  neither  God  nor  man, 

What  being  is  he  ?   tell  us  if  you  can. 

"  He's  called  God,  you  say,  as  Moses  was,'* 

The  mediator  of  the  Jewish  laws  : 

Or  other  Rulers,  "Judges  of  the  Jews," 

Who  did  our  Lord's  divinity  refuse, 

[But  still  acknowledged  his  humanity, 

As  in  the  gospel  of  St.  John  wre  see,t] 

And  here  they  stumbled  o'er  the  stumbling 

stone, 
Dash'd  on  the  rock,  were  broken  and  undone,* 
The  stumbling  stone  to  them  I  think  must  be 
The  God-Head  shining  through  humanity. 
Permit  a  friend  to  ask  the  reason  why 
That  you  with  them  his  Godship  do  deny, 
And  yet  maintain  the  inconsistent  plan, 
To  worship  one  that's  neither  God  nor  man. 
The  Jews,  to  him  will  never  bow  the  knee, 
'Till  they  believe  in  his  divinity, 
Then  let  this  mandate  never  be  forgot, 
Spoke  by  the  angel,  ;*  see  thou  do  it  not :" 
But  worship  him  in  whom  all. fulness  dwelt, 
Who  came  to  save  a  world  from  sin  and  guilt. 
Who  took  upon  him  Abraham's  promis'd  seed. 
Was  David's  root  and  offspring,  as  we  read.J 
Who  gave  himself  the  title  of  a  man,  § 
This  true  and,  faithful  witness  then  must  stand. 
As  David's  root  was  David's  great  Creator, 
So  David's  offspring  must  be  human  nature. 
w  Bright  morning  star,  who  does  so  clearly 

shine* 
With  heavenly  rays  of  light  and  life  divine  ; 

f;  John  z,  33,     $  Rev.  22,  16.    $  ;E*o.  xv.  2,  3   John  xr,  ££, 


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The  son  of  righteousness,  the  King  of  Kings," 
Has  risen  fair  "  with  healing  in  his  wings." 
Emanuel  God  came  to  our  relief, 
"Aman  of  sorrows,  and  oppressed  with  grief," 
God,  manifest  in  flesh,  our  saviour  came, 
"  The  word  of  God  made  flesh,"  must  mean 

the  same, 
The  title  of  a  man  to  him  was  given, 
Once  God,,  and  man  on  earth,  but  now  in 

heaven. 
Whoever  lives  for  man  to  intercede, 
This  holy  man  for  wicked  men  did  bleed. 
You  say  a  more  exalted  victimTdied, 
The  "  word  of  God  made  flesh,"  and  crucifi'd. 
(If  Goi,  a  spirit,  could  to  matter  change, 
I  think  the  miracle  was  very  strange,)   [been, 
What  kind  of  flesh  and  bipod  could  this  have 
So  freely  offered  to  atone  for  sin  ? 
vVas  it  angelic,  superangelical  : 
Or  was  it  human,  or  divine,  pray  tell, 
The  highest  blood  that  ever  yet  was  spilt, 
Flow'd  from  our  Saviours  side  for  sin  and  guilt. 
**  You  say  humanity  could  not  atone  ;" 
Corrupt  humanity,  could  not,  I  own. 
But  pure  humanity,  and  undefil'd, 
As  in  the  person  of  the  holy  child,  [us, 

This  lamb  of  God,  whose  blood  was  shed  for 
Justice  averts  and  takes  away  the  curse. 
The  law  of  God  demanded  nothing  more 
Than  Adam's*  life,  to  pay  off  all  the  score. 
The  world  would  then  have  been  depopulate 
And  desolation  been  immensely  great. 

*  Spiritual,  temporal,  and  eternal  life. 


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This  to  prevent  true  wisdom  interpos'd, 
And  from  the  source  of  goodness,  mercy  rose; 
And  Christ,  the  second  Adam,  then  stept  in, 
And  gave  his  life  to  save  the  first  from  sin. 
Then  why  a  more  exalted  sacrifice 
Than  human  nature,  bleeding  from  the  skies ; 
Christ  suffered  pain  in  body  and  in  soul,  # 
The  merit,  of  whose  sufferings  paid  the  whole. 
With  malefactors  on  the  right  and  left, 
The  manhood  spoke  as  of  his  God  bereft ; 
"My  God, my  God," the  suff -ring  victim  cri'd 
O  M  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me,"  then  died. 
The  mid-day  sun  itself  refus'd  to  shine, 
^  hen  human  nature  parted  with  divine. 
The  God-head  then,  I  think,  must  be  the  same. 
As  'twas  before  the  second  person  came 
From  realms  of  glory,  to  unite  with  man, 
To  execute  redemption's  glorious  plan. 
And  while  his  body  in  the  gra^e  remain'd. 
His  soul  repair'd  to  Paradisef  regain'd. 
And  when  he  rose  triumphant  from  the  dead, 
Almighty  power  as  God.J  he  then  display'd ; 
Those  parts  unite  immortal  all  divine, 
Ascend  to  bliss,  and  in  full  glory  shine. 
Now  seated  on  the  mediatorial  throne, 
To  plead  the  merits  of  himself  alone; 
Distinct,  in  person,  I  expect  to  see, 
If  I  am  happy  in  eternity. 

,  *  Isa.  53,  3.  Mat  26,  38,    f  Luke  23,  43.    t  John  10,  18, 


22 

On  the  omnipresence  of  Christ. 
'*  Who  hath  ascended  up  to  God  on  high, 
But  he  who  first  descended  from  the  sky  ?" 
According  to  the  statement  he  has  given 
While  here  on  earth,  he  must  have  been  in 

heaven.* 
Where  two  or  three  are  gathered  in  my  name, 
There  amt  I  (as  God,)  to  bless  the  same. 
Should  numerous  congregations  thus  collect, 
He'd  show  them  all  the  same  divine  respect. 
An  omnipresent  Saviour  mortals  need, 
Or  he  must  move  from  place  to  place  with 

speed. 
From  east  to  west,  from  north  or  southern 

poles, 
To  heal  the  sick  and  save  immortal  souls. 
If  he's  not  God  omnipotently  great, 
He  must  be  finite  in  a  local  state ; 
And  while  he  works  in  North  America, 
Say  who  can  save,  when  men  in  India  pray  ? 
They  might  as  well  bow  to  their  Juggernaut, 
And  by  his  wheels  be  crushed  in  the  rut. 
And  so  die  martyrs  for  their  idol  God, 
If  Christ  is  absent  with  atoning  blood. 
Those  missionaries  that  were  thither  sent, 
Might  be  quite  sorry  that  they  ever  went ; 
If  there's  no  omnipresent  Saviour  there, 
To  save  idolaters  from  sad  despair. 
(As  God  his  omnipresence  may  compare 
Unto  the  liquid  element  of  air, 
Which  operates  to  Earth's  remotest  bounds  : 
Breathes  in  our  lungs  and  everyone  surrounds^ 

J    ohn  3,  13.     f  Mat.  18,  20, 


23 

tn  whom  we  live,  and  move,  and  being  have. 
Such  is  Emanuel,  who  came  to  save  ; 
The  air  I  feel,  but  still  I  cannot  see  : 
Such  is  my  (  od,  my  Saviour,  unto  me.) 
You  say,  "  the  Father  saves  by  Christ  the  son*, 
As  men  who  have  their  work  by  proxy  done." 
If  so,  my  friends,  his  agent  must  be  there, 
And  as  a  Saviour  must  be  every  where. 
It  must  be  so,  he's  every  where  the  same  : 
His  works,  his  miracles  aloud  proclaim. 
He  did  possess  almighty  power  divine, 
\S  ho  at  a  feast  turned  water  into  wine  !   [ed» 
The  winds  and  seas  his  sovereign  voice  obey- 
Lepers  were  eleans'd  and  devils  were  dismay* 

'd; 
Disorders  heal'd,  infirmities  were  cur'd, 
Of  those  who  had  their  pains  long  time  endur'd. 
By  him,  the  blind  could  see,  the  lame  could 
walk  :  (talk. 

The  deaf  could  hear,  the  dumb  could  plainly 
The  damsel  from  her  downy  pillow  rose, 
From  iieing  tpaleness  blooming  charms  dis- 
close : 
The  widow's  son  was  raised  from  the  bier, 
And  Lazarus  from  the  tomb  was  made  to  hear; 
His  Lord  ©bey'd,  arid  by  his  power  arose 
To  perfect  health,bound  fast  in  grave  clothes  ! 
Ah  !  who  is  this,  that  walks  upon  the  waves, 
Puts  forth  his  hand,and  sinking  Peter*  saves  ? 

*  When  Unitarian  unbelief,  I  think, 

Got  hold  of  Peter,  he  began  to  sink  ; 

Our  Lotd,  as  if  surpris'd  at  this,  cried  out— » 

O  thou  of  little  faith,  why  dost  thou  doubt  2 

May  this  reproof  suffice  for  every  one. 

Who  doubt*  the  power  ot  God'a  beloved  son. 


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Who  did  possess  all  power  in  heaven  and  earth? 
Who  at  his  pleasure  gave  creation  birth  ? 
While  all  the  power  was  vested  in  the  Son, 
One  might  suppose  the  Father  then  had  none, 
Except  they  both  had  equal  power — -the  same* 
And  here  the  right  of  argument  I  claim. 
Hold  fast  the  doctrine  of  the  trinity, 
Three,  one  in  essence,  power  and  unity. 
As  from  the  Father,  did  proceed  the  son,  * 
So  did  the  holy-ghost,  these  three  are  one  ; 
And  each  of  one  eternal  power  possess'd, 
Say,  who's  the  greatest,   wisest,  or  the  best ■? 
If  Christ  from  God,  the  Father,  did  proceed, 
As  a  pure  stream  does  from  the  fountain  lead, 
Is  not  the  water  in  the  stream  the  same 
As  in  the  fountain-head,  from  whence  it  came  ? 
Since  all  the  streamst  into  the  ocean  run, 
The  element  of  water  is  but  one  ; 
The  fountain  feeds  no  faster  than  it  fills  (rills. 
From  flowing  rivers,   showers,  and  chrystal 
And  if  they  circulate  in  constant  motion, 
Say  which  is4  most  dependent,  streams  or 
This  element  in  quantity's  the  same    (ocean  ? 
As  when  it  first  into  existence  came. 
Although  it  various  offices  perform, 
In  oceans,  rivers,  and  in  rising  storms. 
Now  tell  me,  candid  Christian,  if  you  can, 
Upon  your  best  and  most  consistent  plan, 
Which  are  the  oldest  ,§  streams  and  showers  of 
Or  flowing  waters  in  the  raging  main  ?      (rain, 

§  Can  a  Son  be  a-6  old  as  his  Father  ?  The  essence  of  all  hu- 
man nature  -was  comprised  in  Adam  at  first,  consequently  of 
equal  date.     *  John  15,  26,  16,  28.     f  Eccl-  *♦ V 


THE  TRIAL 


THE  FIRST  MURDERER^ 

IN   POETRY,  BY  RULE    OF  COURT, 

IN  WHICH  A  PREDESTINARIAN,  A  UNIVERSALIAN, 
AND  AN  ARMINIAN  ARGUE  AS  ATTORNEYS  AT 
THE  BAR  ;  THE  TWO  FORMER  AS  THE  PRIS- 
ONER^ COUNCIL,  THE  LATTER  AS  ATTORNEY- 
GENERAL.       SUCCEEDED,  &C. 


By  EBASTUS  BUOWN. 


*.*  Prove  all  things,  holdfast  that  which  is  good." 

ST.  PAUL 


STOCKBRIDGE, 

PRINTED   BY  CHARLES    WEBSTER. ...FOR  THE  AUTIIOS-- 


/T  1823. 


TiistTict  of  Massachusetts,  to  vrifct 

DISTRICT  CLERK'S  OFFICE. 

BE  IT  REMEMBERED,  that  on  the  twenty  second  day  of 
December  in  the  fortieth  year  of  the  Independence  of  the 
United  Stales  of  America,  Erastus  Brown  of  the  said  Dis- 
trict, has  deposited  in  this  Office   the  title  of  a   Book,  the   Right 
whereof  he  claims  as  Author,  in  the  words  following,  to  wit  : 

The  trial  of  Cain,  the  first  murderer,  in  po- 
etry, by  rule  of  Court — In  which  a  Predestina- 
rian,  a  Universalian  and  an  Arminian  argue 
as  attorneys  at  the  bar  ;  the  two  former  as  the 
Prisoner's  Council,  the  latter  as  Attorney- 
General. — Succeeded  by  Hymns  and  Spiritual 
Songs  ;  the  measures  of  which  are  adapted  to 
some  very  pleasing  and  harmonious  tunes,  cal- 
culated for  the  entertainment  of  youth  ancl 
other  serious  minded  persons.  Composed  by 
Erastus  Brown.  "  Prove  all  things,  hold  fast 
that  which  is  good."; — St.  Paul. 

In  conformity  to  the  Act  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States, 
entitled-,  u  An  Act  for  the  Encouragement  of  Learning,  by  se- 
curing the  Copies  of  Maps,  Charts,  and  Books,  to  the  Authors 
and  Proprietors  of  such  Copies,  during  the  Times  therein  men- 
tioned :"  ar.d  also  to  an  Act  entitled,  li  An  act  supplementry  to 
an  Act,  entitled,  An  Act  for  the  Encouragement  of  Learning, 
by  securing  the  Copies  of  Maps,  Charts  and  Books,  to  the  Au- 
thors and  Proprietors  of  such  Copies  during  (he  times  therein 
mentioned  ;  and  extending  the  benefits  thereof  to  the  Arts  of 
Designing,  Engraving  and  Etching  Historical,  and  other  Prints." 

WILLIAM    S.    SHAW, 
Clerk  of  the  District  of  Muesachusetts. 


ADVERTISEMENT. 


1.  The  Author  had  it  in  his  mind, 
While  writing  this  dramatic  piece, 

The  origin  of  sin  to  find, 

The  source  of  evils  to  express  : 

2.  To  let  the  light  of  truth  appear, 
In  honor  of  the  Deity  ; 

That  men  may  his  great  name  revere, 
Who  made  them  moral  agents  free  : 

3.  To  clear  the  attributes  of  God, 
From  public  censures  that  arise  ; 

From  sentiments  thptt  spread  abroad, 
Under  a  popular  disguise. 

4.  To  shew  his  readers,  if  they  please, 
The  difference,  that  does  exist, 

Between  foreknowledge  and  decrees, 
And  let  them  judge  as  they  think  best. 


P.  S.The  Author  has  chosen  a  Rule  of  Court  ;  with  the  omis- 
sion of  some  legal  ceremonies  ;  in  preference  to  the  usual  mode 
of  writers  on  Divinity  ;  and  thereby  would  be  considered  by 
the  public,  as  simply  representing  the  Tragedy,  that  has  been, 
and  is  now  exhibited  on  the  Stage  ;  and  probably  will  be  until 
the  watchmen  of  different  denominations,  see  eye  to  eye,  and 
harmonize  in  one  general  mode  of  faith. 


CONTENTS. 


1.  The  Court  will  call,  at  nine  o'clock^ 
Both  Judge  and  Jury  will  be  there  ; 

After  the  witnesses  have  spoke, 
The  lawyers  plead  before  the  bar. 

2.  The  Jury's  mind  will  be  express'd, 
And  strike  the  prisoner  with  surprise  ! 

His  final  sentence  will  be  pass'd, 

And  then  the  Court  Supreme  will  rise. 

3.  After  the  lawyers  have  dispers'd, 
Ten  lovely  characters  appear, 

Complete  in  wedding  garments  dress'd, 
Go  forth  to  meet  the  Bridegroom  there. 


A  2 


THE  TRIAL  OF 


3 


S3- 


AS  I  ascend  the  theatre  of  time, 
The  mournful  scene  invites  my  muse  to  rhyme, 
The  drama  opens  and  the  play's  begun  ; 
Abel  is  kill'd  by  Adam's  oldest  son  ! 
Near  Eden's  plains,  the  righteous  victim  fallst 
His  blood,  for  vengeance,  loud  to  Heaven  calls. 
Justice  informed  !  his  injured  right  resents  ; 
Issues  a  warrant ;  wicked  Cain  presents 
Before  the  Judge  and  Jury,  on  their  seat, 
Both  parties  present,  for  the  trial  meet. 
The  Court  is  called,  Oye,  Oye,  Oye, 
The  trembling  pris'ner  cannot  get  away, 
Indictment's  read,  to  specify  his  crime  ; 
The  day,  the  month,  the  year,  the  place,  the 

time  ; 
The  pris'ner  asked  if  guilty,  or  if  not, 
He  now  denies  the  charge  upon  the  spot. 
Witness  is  called,  Knowledge  and  Truth  ap- 
pear, 
They  lay  their  hand  upon  the  book  and  swear. 


8 


Attorney    General. 
Foreknowledge,  Sir,  your  testimony  give, 
The  Court,  the  truth  are  ready  to  receive, 
Didst  thou  know  Cain, before  he  broke  decree. 
Only  in  time,  or  from  eternity  ? 

Foreknowledge* 

I  ever  knew,  that  such  a  man  would  be, 
In  time,  a  moral  agent  acting  free  ;  [ist, 

The  cause,  the  means,  by  which  he  would  ex- 
The  moral  powers  of  which  he'd  be  possess'd  ; 
I  saw,  when  first  he  entered  on  the  stage, 
When  first  in  wickedness,  he  did  engage  ; 
When  he  resolved  to  perpetrate  this  crime ; 
Prefix'd  the  day,  and  waited  for  the  time ; 
The  day  commenc'd,  the  hour  was  drawing 

nigh, 
He  fled  to  yonder  field  in  anger  high  ; 
Then  rising  up,  his  brother  Abel  kill'd  ; 
Thus,  what  I  long  foresaw,  was  then  fulfill'd  : 
I  was  eye-witness  to  the  horrid  deed, 
And  saw  the  righteous  Abel  gasp  and  bleed  \ 
All  this  was  present  from  eternity  ; 
There's  nothing  old,  nor  nothing  new  with  me. 

*  R  ght  reason  says,  foreknowledge  cannot  be, 

When  we  apply  the  term  to  Deity  ; 

For  that  indeed  would  be,  for  to  suppose, 

He  knows  events  long-  time  before  he  knows. 

What  knowledge,  then,  does  Deity  possess  ? 

'Tis  present,  p^  rfect  knowledge,  I  confess, 

AH  things  are  naked  to  the  open  view, 

Of  him,  says  Paul,  with  whom  we  have  to  do  ?f 

t  Heb.  iv.— 13. 


Prisoner's  Counsel. 
Didst  thou   know  Cain  would  perpetrate  this 

crime, 
Before  he  had  existence  here  in  time  ? 
And  didst  thou  know  themotiveand  the  cause 
That  moved  him  on  to  break  God's  holy  laws? 

Foreknowledge. 

My  perfect  knowledge  of  the  real  fact, 
Is  that  he  chose  to  do  the  horrid  act ; 
His  motive  was  to  gratify  his  will, 
And  cool  his  anger,  when  his  brother  fell. 

Prisoner's  Counsel. 

Didst  thou  not  know  thepris'ner  was  employ'd 
To  execute  the  purpose  of  the  Lord, 
Which  he  resolved  the  prisoner  should  fulfil,-. 
By  secretly  determining  his  will  ? 

Foreknowledge. 
I  do  not  say  he  was  employed  by  God 
Feloniously  to  shed  his  brother's  blood ; 
Or  that  the  Lord  determined  his  will, 
Or  foreordained  that  Abel  he  should  kill ; 
But  this  I  have  already  testified, 
(A  fact  so  plain  it  cannot  be  deni'd,) 
He  was  a  moral  agent,  acting  free, 
And  never  bias'd  by  necessity. 

Prisoner's  Counsel. 
But  art  thou  not  a  party  here  concern'd, 
As  from  the  pulpit  we  have  often  learn'd  ? 


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And  art  thou  not  combined  with  decree  ? 
I  now  adjure  thee,  sir,  to  answer  me  ! 

Foreknowledge. 

I  am  no  more  concerned  in  this  cause, 
Than  to  do  honor  to  the  holy  laws ; 
And  to  relate  the  facts  I  saw  take  place, 
By  Cain,  the  first  born  son  of  Adam's  race. 

Attorney-General. 

Foreknowledge,  Sir,  your  witness  is  complete, 
And  if  you  please,  you  now  may  take  your  seat. 
Come,  Mr.  Truth,  before  the  Court  appear, 
And  what  you  know,  as  witness,  now  declare. 
Did  you  see  Cain,  the  pris'ner,  at  the  time 
Foreknowledge  saw  him  perpetrate  this  crime  ? 

Truth. 

I  certify  what  Knowledge  said  is  true, 
All  things  are  naked  to  his  open  view  ; 
That  Abel,  innocent,  and  not  to  blame, 
Was  killed  by  Cain,  I  testify  the  same. 

Prisoner's  Counsel. 

Please  Sir,  to  be  a  little  more  minute, 
In  giving  testimony  in  this  suit. 
Did  not  the  Lord  foreknow  Abel  would  fall, 
Because  he  first  decre'd  the  fates  of  all  ? 

Attorney-General. 
It  seems  the  gentleman  is  fully  bent 
To  ask  some  questions,  quite  impertinent  < 


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I  answer  now  the  question  just  propos'd, 
The  weakness  of  the  same,  I  will  disclose. 
If  God  foreknew,  because  he  first  decreed, 
Then  his  decrees  Foreknowledge  did  precede  \ 
He  form'd  decrees,  when  once  in  ignorance  ! 
An  imposition,  this,  on  common  sense. 

Prisoners  Counsel. 

I  have  one  question  more,  I  would  propose, 
And  then  my  inquisition  I  will  close. 
Sir,  are  not  high  Foreknowledge  and  decrees 
One  and  the  same  ?  now  answer  if  you  please. 

Truth. 

Foreknowledge  is  an  attribute  divine, 
Decree  is  law,  an  action  of  the  mind  ; 
Foreknowledge  sits  enthroned  in  realms  ofday ; 
Decree  points  out  the  strait  and  narrow  way  ; 
Commanding  virtue  and  forbidding  vice, 
Yet  leaves  the  agent  free,  to  act  his  choice, 
And  only  binds  him  to  a  just  account 
With  his  Creator,  is  the  whole  amount. 
The  agent  acted,  and  the  work  was  done, 
Decree  was  broke  while  Knowledge  looked  on ; 
Knowledge  with  me,  a  witness  to  the  fact, 
Then  saw  the  pris'ner  in  the  very  act. 
Foreknowledge  had  no  influence  on  his  mind. 
Nor  did  decree  the  pris'ner's  actions  bind  ; 
He  acted  free,  within  himself  alone, 
As  if  his  actions  had  been  unforeknown. 


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Prisoner's  Second  Counsel. 
Sir,  was  there  no  atonement  made  for  Cam 
By  Christ,  the  Lamb,  from  earth's  foundation 
slain  ? 

Truth. 

Christ  tasted  death  for  every  soul  of  man, 
For  Adam,  Eve,  for  Abel  and  for  Cain  ; 
For  their  posterity  he  once  did  bleed, 
And  now  he  lives,  for  all  to  intercede. 

Attorney-General. 

Now  Mr.Truth,  be  pleased  to  sit  down,  [crown. 
Your  presence    will    this  Court   with  honor 

Chief  Judge. 
Gentlemen  Counsel,  have  you  witness  heTe 
In  favor  of  the  pris'ner  at  the  bar  ? 

Prisoners  Counsel.  [great, 

May't    please  your  honor,  we  have    witness 
Witness  to  prove  the  doctrine  of  fate  ; 
Witness  subpcena'd  from  a  distance  far, 
No  doubt,  they'll  clear  the  pris'ner  at  the  bar. 

Chief  Judge. 

Let  them  come  forward  and  be  qualified  ; 
TheCourt  will  hear  them  and  the  cause  decide. 

Prisoners  Counsel. 

Come,  Mr.  Calvin,  eminently  great, 
And  Mr.  Martyr,  bold  on  points  of  fatef- 


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And  Dr.  Twiss*  upon  Jehovah's  will, 

And  Rev.  Hopkins,  of  improved  skill ; 

We've   several  more,  of  whom  we  have  not 

spoke, 
Here's  Mr.  Hume,  and  Mr.  Bolixgbroke, 
And  Mr.  Paine  will  readily  advance, 
And  great  Voltaire,  a  gentleman  from  France 

Attorney-General. 

Surprising,  gentlemen,  that  you  presume 
To  summon  Bolingbroke,  or  Mr.  Hume  ; 
Or  Mr.  Paine,  before  this  Court  to  swear. 
Or  any  other  Deist,  like  Voltaire  ; 
Since  they  deny  the  holy  three  in  one, 
And  the  divinity  of  Christ,  the  Son  ; 
And  the  Evangelists  they  all  deride  ; 
And  sport  with  Revelation  in  their  pride, 
Shall  they  come  forward  then,  and  qualify 
By  that  most  sacred  volume  they  deny  ? 
Why  such  a  farce  as  this,  whoever  saw  ! 
I  now  object  them  all  in  point  of  law. 

Prisoners  Counsel, 

The  honorable  Court  will  plainly  see, 
The  Clergy  and  the  Deists  both  agree, 
(Except  it  is  about  the  Trinity.) 
On  points  of  fate,  which  we  expect  to  prove, 
They  harmonize,  like  brethren  in  love. 

Attorney-General. 

Astonishing  !  this  must  the  Court  surprise, 
If  Clergymen  with  Deists  harmonize  ; 


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Or  with  those  infidels  associate, 
On  sentimental  points  of  dismal  fate. 

Prisoners  Counsel. 

Why  Attorney-General  so  abrupt  ? 
I  think  'tis  time  your  clamour,  Sir,  was  stopp'd, 
This  is  a  point  the  Court  must  now  decide, 
By  their  decision,  then,  we  must  abide. 

Chief  Judge, 

Gentlemen  Deists,  you  must  all  withdraw, 
No  infidel  can  testify  in  law ; 
The  Court  supreme  can  give  no  reason  why 
A  man  should  swear  by  what  he  does  deny. 

Prisoner's  Counsel. 
Then  let  our  other  witnesses  attend, 
And  take  the  oath  by  raising  their  right  hand. 

Cleric  of  the  Court, 

You  solemnly  do  swear,  in  case  of  blood, 
You'll  tell  the  truth ;  so  help  you  living  God. 

Prisoners  Counsel. 
Come,  Mr.  Calvin,  you  may  now  proceed, 
And  tell  the  Court  what  was  by  God  decreed. 
Before  the  earth's  foundation  he  had  laid, 
Or  such  intelligents  as  men,  were  made. 

Calvin. 

God  foreordained  whatever  comes  to  pass.* 
Ages  of  ages,  from  first  to  last, 

*  Assembly's  Catechism* 


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Yea,  all  events  that  ever  did  take  place, 
Or  ever  will,  among  the  human  race, 
He's  the  chief  agent,  and  does  all  things  well, 
'Twas  by  his  sovereign  will  the  angels  fell ; 
And  in  his  providence  of  high  perfections, 
He  rules  his  creatures,  governing  their  actions. 
"  Every  action,*  motion,  thought  or  word," 
Is  by  the  hidden  counsel  of  the  Lord  ; 
Nought  comes  to  pass  but  what's  ordain'd  by 

him, 
Our  sovereign  Majesty,  the  great  Supreme, 
;4  The  wills  of  men  are  governed  by  the  will, 
Of  God,"#  when  walking,  sitting,  standing  still ; 
They're  carried  on  directly  to  the  mark, 
Whate'er  they  do,  in  daylight  or  the  dark. 

Attorney-General. 

Sir,  did  the  great  Jehovah  foreordain, 
That  Abel  by  his  brother  should  be  slain  ? 
That  David  should  defde  Uriah's  wife, 
Then  get  her  husband  drunk  and  take  his  life  ? 

Calvin 

According  to  the  Lord's  revealed  will, 
Cain  had  no  right  his  brother  for  to  kill, 
Nor  David  to  seduce  Uriah's  wife, 
Nor  indirectly  take  her  husband's  life. 


*  Calvin's  Inst.  Sec.  3d. 
f  Ibid,  Sec.  8, 


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But  according  to  his  secret  wiU, 

(Since  lam  under  oath  I'm  bound  to  tell  ;* 

Cain  acted  out  of  mere  necessity, 

Yet  thought  within  himself  he  acted  free. 

And  David  was  necessitated  too, 

When  Bathsheba  presented  to  his  view, 

To  use  his  princely  policy  and  skill, 

And  thus  obey  Jehovah's  secret  will  : 

David,  a  man  after  the  Lord's  own  heart, 

Could  never  from  the  way  of  life  depart ; 

Although  his  conduct,  sometimes,  seem'd  to 

vary, 
Yet  in  the  end,  there's  nothing  can  miscarry ; 
Por  God  appoints  the  end  and  then  the  means. 
There's  nothing,  therefore,  ever  intervenes  ; 
All  secondary  causes  strictly  tend 
To  bring  about  the  great,  important  end. 

Prisoners  Counsel. 

Sir,  in  your  deep  researches  do  you  find 
The  Lord  has  any  council  kept  behind, 
Which  he  has  not  revealed  to  other  men  : 
But  unto  you,  as  an  elected  friend  ? 

Attorney-General. 

For  conscience  sake,  Sir,  let  the  priest  alone  ! 
I  fear  already  he  has  falsely  sworn ; 

*  The  Devil,  and  wicked  men,  are  so  held  in  on  every  side 
with  ihe  hand  of  God,  that  they  cannot  conceive,  or  contrive,  or 
execute  any  mischief,  any  further  than  God  himself  doth  not  per- 
mit only,  but  command.  Nor  are  they  only  held  in  fetters,  but 
compelled  also  us  with  a  bridle,  to  perform  ohedience  to  those 
eortimands.     See,  Calvin's  Institute.  C.  1.  17.     S.  11. 


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Since  secret  things  to  God  supreme  belong, 
I  think  'tis  time  jour  witness  held  his  tongue. 

High  Sheriff. 

Silence  there  !  the  Court  cannot  be  heard  ! 
Both  Judge  and  Jury  ought  to  be  rever'd. 

Prisoners  Counsel. 

Mr.  Calvin,  you  may  now  retire  ; 
You  see  how  truth  will  kindle  up  the  fire  : 
As  soon  as  you  revealed  the  secret  treasure, 
The  gentleman  at  once  show'dhis  displeasure. 
Come,  Mr.  Martyr,  now  the  Court  attend, 
Your  evidence  the  prisoner  may  defend. 

Martyr* 

Men  are  supplied  with  opportunity, 
That  they  may  answer  to  God's  high  decree  ; 
4i  He  blinds,  deceives,  seduces  men  to  evil, 
Works  on   their  hearts,"  that  they  may  serve 
the  devil 

Prisoners  Counsel. 

Come,  Dr.  Twiss,  immediately  draw  near— 
Before  the  Judges,  solemnly  declare 
Your  sentiments  upon  Jehovah's  will ; 
I  have  no  doubt  but  you  the  truth  will  tell. 

Dr.  Twiss. 

1  now  assert  it  as  a  real  fact, 

God  was  the  author  of  the  pris'ners  act. 

*  See  Pet.  Martyr's  Ver.  Comment,  in  Rome.  C.  SB.  42.  3 
B  2 


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And  Cain  was  moved  by  his  sovereign  will, 
In  anger  high,  his  brother's  blood  io  spill. 

Prisoners  Counsel. 

Come,  Mr.  Hopkins,  be  jour  name  rever'd, 
Your  fruitful  mind,  no  doubt,  is  well  prepar'd; 
The  ways  of  God  with  man,  in  truth  relate, 
And  fully  prove  the  doctrine  of  fate. 

Hopkins. 

God  moves,  excites,  and  stirs  up  sinful  men. 
Deceives  and  blinds  to  carry  on  his  plan  ;# 
His  positive,  creative  power  exerts, 
Puts  sin  within,  and  hardens  sinners'  hearts. 

Chief  Judge. 

Have  all  the  witnesses  in  full  declar'd, 
What  they  of  Cain,  the  pris'ner,  saw  or  heard  ? 

Prisoner's  Counsel. 

May't  please  your  honor,  they  have  all  ex- 
pressed ; 
The  Rev.  Hopkins  was  our  last,  and  best. 

Chief  Judge. 

Gentlemen  counsel,  you  may  now  advance 
Your  arguments,  and  make  your  best  defence. 

*  Mr.  Hopkins' express  words  read  thus  ;— t;  God  moves,  ex- 
cites, and  stirs  up  men  to  that  -which  is  sinful  ;  and  deceives, 
blinds,  hardens,  and  puts  sin  into  their  hearts,  by  a  positive,  cre- 
ative influence •'  See  a  book  entitled  a  contrast  between  Calvin- 
ism and  Horjkinscienism,  page  63. 


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Arguments  by  the  Prisoners  First  Counsel. 
Gentlemen,  Jury,  honorable  Court, 
You've  heard  our  witnesses  make  their  report; 
According  to  the  force  of  evidence, 
We  now  proceed  to  make  our  just  defence  ; 
And  as  our  witnesses  declare  at  large, 
We  deem  the  pris'ner  clear  from  all  the  charge; 
As  it  relates  to  criminality, 
Impossible,  that  he  should  guilty  be ; 
This  will  appear  in  course  of  argument, 
Which  to  the  Court  we  cheerfully  present ; 
And  we  are  happy  to  espouse  his  cause, 
In  veneration  of  our  wholesome  laws ; 
And  glory  to  defend  the  innocent, 
For  whom  we'll  argue  till  our  breath  is  spent 
Before  we'll  see  the  pris'ner  suffer  wrong, 
We'll  show  the   source  from  whence  his  ac- 
tions sprung; 
The  spring  of  action,  gentlemen,  we  And* 
In  Cain,  arising  from  a  power  divine, 
Which  moved  him  on  by  strict  necessity, 
To  act  by  force,  as  if  he  acted  free. 
To  give  this  subject  an  illustration, 
We  say  the  water  moves  by  gravitation, 
Not  having  power  within  itself  to  move, 
But  governed  by  that  power  that  rules  above. 
We  see  it  flow  amain  down  yonder  hill, 
In  rapid  progress  to  the  useful  mill. 
The  lofty  wheel  that  is  so  nicely  made, 
By  force  of  water,  turns  the  trundle-head. 
The  trundle-head,  by  that  compelling  power, 
Whirls  round  the  stone  that  grinds  the  wheat? 
to  flour; 


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The   stone  throws  out  the  same  with  rapid 

force, 
The   well  ground    wheat,   together  fine  and 

coarse ; 
The  elevators  raise  it  up  aloft, 
From  thence  it   empties  through   a  narrow 

trough. 
In  all  this  course  it  finds  no  place  to  halt 
'Till  it  is  sifted  through  the  rolling  boult. 
One  share  goes  this  way,  and  the  other  that, 
Both  parts  are  useful,  man  and  beast  to  fat. 
But  if  the  wheel  and  trundle-head  should  clash, 
The  cogs  and  rounds  irregularly  mash. 
And  in  their  discord  make  a  dreadful  rout ; 
Oae  half  the  cogs  and  rounds  get  broken  out. 
May't  please  your  honors,  who  must  pay  the 

cost,  [first  ? 

The  jarring  wheels,    or  he  who  made  them 
But  if  all  parts  in  harmony  agree, 
They  answer  to  the  author's  high  decree, 
Or  if  they  disagree,  'tis  but  the  same, 
None  but  the  architect  can  be  to  blame. 
Now  turn  the  argument  which  way  you  wilj, 
A  fair  conclusion  justifies  the  mill. 
By  this  construction  for  the  use  of  man, 
I  would  exhibit  the  Almighty's  plan. 
Now  agency  in  man,  and  man's  free  willr 
Are  like  the  operation  of  the  mill. 
The  water  runs,  and  all  the  wheels  turn  free,. 
And  yet  they  move  from  strict  necessity ; 
So  Deity  moves  on  the  human  will, 
That  man  may  all  his  high  decrees  fulfil. 


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And  now  behold  the  system  of  the  skies, 

The  sun,  the  moon,  the  stars,  in  order  rise  ; 

The  sun  to  rule  the  day,  the  moon  the  nighty 

The  stars  reflect  their  rays  of  borrowed  light ; 

And  each  revolve,  in  order  round  the  sun, 

With  useful  splendor,  see  those  planets  run ; 

And  unto  Sol,  great  adoration  pay, 

From  evening  twilight,  to  the  break  of  day : 

Through  all  the  various  seasons  of  the  year, 

Like  free  and  moral  agents,  they  appear — . 

Upon  the  stage  of  the  etherial  world, 

Nor  can  they  from  their  orbits  e'er  be  huiTd, 

Obedient  to  the  laws  of  nature  great, 

Like  men  and  angels,  bound  in  chains  of  fate  ; 

Each,  in  his  fixed  station,  must  remain, 

Till  great  Jehovah  breaks  the  secret  chain. 

Now  Sol  resembles  Deity  alone, 

While  seated  on  his  everlasting  throne  ; 

The  planets,  Venus,  Mercury,  refers — 

To  high  archangels,  bright  and  morning  stars ; 

Though  fallen  now,  they  once  in  glory  stood, 

Admiring  round  the  dazzling  throne  of  God. 

Could  they  have  fallen  into  sad  despair, 

But  by  the  power,  that  first  upheld  them  there? 

Argument  II. 

Since  in  a  cause  of  life,  and  death,  I  plead, 
By  just  similitudes,  I  shall  proceed. 
Behold  the  ample  theatre  complete, 
Where  men,  for  exhibitions,  often  meet ; 
The  painted  curtains,  all  so  nicely  spread, 
The  well  dress  el  Puppets,  all  completely  made: 


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Like  gentlemen  and  ladies,  they  advance. 
And  take  the  figure  of  their  usual  dance ; 
With  admiration,  the  spectators  gaze, 
To  see  them  operate,  in  various  ways  ; 
And  children  think,  those  puppets  all   dance 

free, 
As  they  do,  when  they're  happy,  full  of  glee ; 
But  men  of  sense,  like  jury -men  and  squires, 
Discern  the  fraud,  and  find  they  play  on  wires; 
For  when  they  come  to  look  into  the  plan, 
Behind  the  curtain,  there's  a  gentleman ; 
With  skilful  hand,  he  manages  the  play, 
And  makes  his,  puppets,  dance  the  tune  so 

And  they  must  move,  and  act  just  as  he  please, 
That  all  of  them,  may  answer  his  decrees  : — 
Now  by  this  puppet  man  we  here  may  see 
A  striking  emblem  of  the  Deity, 
Who  sits  behind  the  curtain  of  the  skies, 
And  manriges  the  play  so  nice  and  wise, 
And  men  like  puppets,  on   the   stage   must 

stand, 
'Till  they  are  moved  by  his  skilful  hand ; 
And  when  he  strikes  the  wire  of  his  decrees, 
They  move  with  freedom,  and  they  act  with 

ease ; 
In  all  their  operations  here  below, 
He  points  their  course,  and  steers  them  where 

they  go. 
Some  walk  in  paths  of  virtue  :  some  in  vice  ; 
According  to  his  wise  and  sovereign  choice — 
Some  humbly  bow  before  their  God,  and  pray. 
Some  walk  in  splendid  circles,  fair  and  gay  : 


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And  some  blaspheme  the  sacred  name  of  God, 
While  others  rage  and  shed  each  others'  blood; 
Some  drink  and  gamble,  curse  and  swear  and 

fight; 
Some  bear  the  cross  and  walk  in  gospel  light ; 
And  some  commit  adultery  and  incest ; 
Which  was  decreed,  as  well  as  all  the  rest ; 
And  foreordained  whatever  comes  to  pass. 
With  men  or  devils,  from  the  first  to  last. 
To  this  amount  great  Calvin  testified, 
And  who  can  say  the  Rev.  Calvin  lied  ? 
As  good  a  saint,  almost,  as  was  on  earth  ; 
And  yet  he  put  an  honest  man  to  death. 
Michael  Servetus,  was  the  victim's  name, 
Whom  Rev.  Calvin  offered  to  the  flame  ;  * 
Because  Servetus  with  him  disagreed, 
And  could  not  fellowship  his  holy  creed  ; 
Our  great  reformer  to  prevent  this  evil, 
Pronounced  him  atheist,  heretic,  and  devil ; 
And  who  can  say  he  was  to  blame  for  this     k 
If  foreordained,  it  cannot  be  amiss  ; 
And  while  he  was  so  zealous  for  his  God, 
I  ask  the  Court,  who  can  dispute  his  word  ? 
I  think  his  testimony  is  of  weight, 
For  to  confirm  the  doctrine  of  fate. 
He  preached  by  precept,  and  example  too, 
And  how  much  less  did  Cain,  the  pris'ner  do  ? 
Calvin  in  language  Cain  did  much  exceed  ; 
Then  let  it  be  so,  since  it  was  decreed  ; 
But  as  they  sacrificed  to  their  God, 
Cain  offered  Abel's,  Calvin,  Michael's  blood  ; 

*  Or  was  the  procuring  cause  of  his  being-  burnt  to  death. 


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Abel  was  sacrificed  in  the  East, 

Michael  was  offer'd  by  the  great  high  priest. 

And  now  behold  the  smoke  like  incense  rise. 

From  Calvin's  altar,  far  above  the  skies  ; 

If  God  to  Calvin's  offering  had  respect, 

Can  he  the  pris'ner's  sacrifice  reject  ? 

One  did  the  will  of  God,  much  like  the  other, 

And  he  that  does  his    will,   Christ   calls  his 

brother. 
Now  Calvin  is  reputed  in  the  world,   [hurl'd  ? 
Then   why    should    Cain    be  to  destruction 
Since    neither    of  them,    could    their    God 

displease, 
While  they  obey  his  Majesty's  decrees  :— - 
Now,  if  the  Court  can  justify  the  priest, 
I  think  the  pris'ner  ought  to  be  released; 
I  argue  this  with  strict  propriety, 
That  Cain,  as  well  as   Calvin,  must  go  free  : 
Since  he  was  bound  in  golden  chains  of  fate, 
I'm  sure  he  cannot  be  a  reprobate  ; 
Unless  injustice  rules  the  Deity, 
Which  I  have  never  argued  in  my  plea ; 
Tho'  I  contend  for  wholesome  doctrine, 
And  plead  that  God's  the  author  of  all  sin  ; 
•;  He  moves,  excites  and  stirs  up  wicked  men, 
Deceives  and  blinds  to  carry  on  his  plan  ; 
His  positive,  creative  power  exerts  ; 
Puts  sin  within,  and  hardens  sinners'  hearts." 
To  this  amount  the  Rev.  Hopkins  swore, 
The  cause  is  clear,what  witness  need  we  more  ? 
So  I  must  close  in  this  refulgent  light  ; 
And  say  with  Pope,   4i  whatever  is,  is  right  !'* 


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And  in  this  confidence  I  now  retire, 
As  a  consistent  Calvinist,  Esquire. 

Arguments  by  the  Second  Counsel. 

May't  please  your  honors,   as  I'm  call'd  to 

plead, 
In  this  important  cause  I  must  proceed  ; 
And  approbate  the  plea  that  has  been  given* 
As  most  consistent  with  the  leiws  of  Heaven ; 
My  colleague's  arguments,  so  wise  and  great 
Were  founded  on  the  principles  of  fate  ; 
Which  I  maintain,  as  a  consistent  plan 
To  justify  the  ways  of  God  to  man  ; 
And  reconcile  the  ways  of  man  with  God, 
And  clear  the  prisoner  from  his  brother's  blood. 
Now  God  created  man,  upright  at  first, 
Then  suffered  him  to  fall,  and  so  be  curs'd  ; 
And  then  concluded  all  in  unbelief, 
That  all  from  him  salvation  might  receive. 
Christ  was  consider'd  as  the  Lamb  that's  slain. 
Before  the  world  was  peopled  with  men. 
And  when  the  first  unhappy  pair  had  fell, 
Expos'd  themselves  and  progeny  to  hell. 
While  they  remain'd  in  Eden's  dismal  shade, 
The  promise  of  a  Saviour,  there  was  made  ; 
Whose  merits  are  sufficient  to  atone 
For  all  the  crimes  the  pris'ner  may  have  done; 
So  wise,  so  great,  so  liberal  his  plan ; 
He  tasted  death  for  every  soul  of  man. 
He  came  to  seek  and  save  that  which  was 

lost ; 
To  pay  the  debt,  and  cancel  all  the  cost ; 


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He  magnified  the  holy  law  of  God, 
And  made  it  honorable  through  his  blood  ; 
He  answer'd  all  demands  and  penalties, 
And  thus  the   pris'ner  from  the  charge  he 

frees. 
The  law  has  now  no  energy  nor  force, 
The  suit,  may't  please   your  honor,  falls  of 

course  ; 
The  Court  no  longer  need  to  be  detained, 
The  point  is  clear,the  pris'ner's  cause  is  gained; 
For  here  we  see,  the  most  consistent  plan, 
To  justify  the  ways  of  God  with  man  ; 
And  reconcile  the  ways  of  man  with  God, 
And  clear  them  all  through  the  atoning  blood. 
Thus  far,  my  arguments  I  have  express'd, 
As  a  consistent  Universalist ; 
And  in  this  confidence,  I  close  my  plea, 
That  Cain,  and  all  the  world,  will  saved  be. 

Arguments  by  the  Attorney-General. 

Since  I'm  engag'd  in  this  important  cause, 
To  vindicate  my  conntry's  righteous  laws, 
I  hope  to  clear  the  attributes  of  God, 
And  let  the  bold  transgressor  feel  his  rod ; 
By  shewing  first,  the  origin  of  evils, 
Where  holy  angels  changed  into  devils ; 
And  then*  pursue  the  same  consistent  plan, 
To  find  the  origin  of  sin  in  man ; 
And  so  pass  on,  unto  the  cause  of  Cain, 
Who  has  no  doubt,  the  righteous  Abel,  slain : 
And  on  these  premises,  I  ground  my  plea, 
The  strength,  and  force,  of  moral  agency. 


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MayH  please  your  honors,  our  Creator  God, 
Wise,  self-existent,  independent  stood, 
Bofore  the  su»n  or  moon,  or  stars  appear'd, 
Or  this  vast  globe  was  on  its  basis  rear'ds 
Eternity  alone,  he  once  possess'd, 
Before  created  beings  did  exist, 
Perfect  and  happy  in  himself  alone; 
High  seated  on  his  everlasting  throne. 
Wisdom  and  goodness,  mov'd  him  to  create, 
Worlds,  men,  and  angels,  in  their  first  estate ; 
He  spoke ;  and  all  things  into  being  came, 
All  very  good,  he  then  pronounc'd  the  same. 
Angels  and  men,  true,  moral  agents  were, 
Each,  in  his  sphere  of  action,  shining  clear; 
And  each  endow'd  with  freedom  of  his  will, 
To  choose  and  act,  with  a  superior  skill ; 
This  constitues  a  moral  agent  free, 
A  power  to  choose,  and  act  with  liberty ; 
Devoid  of  this,  man's  but  a  mere  machine, 
And  can  not  have  ability  to  sin. 
If  he's  a  passive  engine  in  the  hand 
Of  his  creator,  how  can  he  offend  ? 
He  only  acts,  as  he  is  mov'd  upon ; 
Methinks  such  actions,  never  can  be  wrong. 
As  the  first  counsel  argued  in  his  plea, 
Who  casts  reflections  on  the  Deity ; 
And  so  obscur'd  the  attributes  of  God, 
To  clear  the  pris'ner,  from  his  brother's  blood ; 
But  please  your  honors,these  things  are  not  so, 
Which  to  the  court  supreme,  I  mean  to  show. 
Let  scripture  speak,and  check  a  long  dispute, 
A  tree  is  known,  by  virtue  of  its  fruit. 


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Can  olive  berries,  on  the  figtree  grow^, 
Or  bitter  waters,  from  sweet  fountains  flow  ? 
God  is  the  source  of  perfect  goodness  great, 
The  streams  that  flow  from  him,  are  pure  and 

sweet : 
Then  reason  answers  with  a  voice  sublime, 
He's  not  the  author,  of  the  pris'ner's  crime ; 
God  is  consistent  with  himself  alone, 
His  laws,  from  the  beginning,  have  been  one* 
What  is  reveal'd,  must  comprehend  the  whole, 
What  lies  conceal'd  can  never  bind  the  soul; 
Sound  reason  jet,  could  never  find  a  cause, 
Why  God  should  counteract  his  moral  laws. 
Then  let  us  search ;  but  where  shall  we  begin, 
To  seek  and  find,  the  origin  of  sin  ? 
Since  it  could  not  exist  eternally, 
It  must  arise  from  moral  agency  ; 
That  principle,  the  gift  of  God,  so  great, 
It's  absolute,  and  self-determinate ; 
And  never  forc'd  to  virtue,  nor  to  vice, 
But  has  the  pow'r,  of  a  decisive  choice. 
Whatever  state,  the  agent  may  be  in, 
Abuse  of  goodness,  constitutes  his  sin. 
Compelled  virtue  can  have  no  reward, 
Nor  forced  vice,  be  punish'd  from  the  Lord  : 
For  this,  if  men  or  angels  e're  were  curst, 
In  what  respect,  could  Deity  be  just  ? 
Then  view  the  angels,  eminently  great, 
Once  placVl  in  a  probationary  state  ; 
To  keep  Jehovah's  just  commandments  given, 
And  prove  allegiance  to  the  King  of  heaven ; 
Which  state  impli'd,  a  reverential  cross — 
They  had  to  bear,  or  else  the  crown  was  lost, 


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With  an  aspiring  principle  to  rise, 
To  higher  dignities  above  the  skies ; 

|  Which  principle  was  in  its  nature  good, 
While  govern'd  by  the  holy  law  of  God ; 

.  But  when  those  agents  turn'd  from  law  aside, 
That  principle  became  a  serpent !  Pride  ! 
It  was  transmuted,  and  degenerated, 
For  which  the  fallen  angels,  now  are  hated. 
It  was  their  bliss,  the  Godhead  to  obey; 
Their  total  ruin,  if  they  fell  away; 
They  each  had  power  to  stand  or  power  to  fall'; 
To  keep  God's  high  commands  or  break  them 

all. 
What  was  the  law  that  put  them  to  the  test, 
In  heaven  to  keep  and  be  forever  blessM  ? 
Or  violate  and  sin  against  that  light, 
And  sink  themselves  in  shades  of  endless 

night  ? 
When  God  his  first  begotten  son  brought 

forth,* 
Our  great  Redeemer,  of  the  highest  worth, 
To  be  our  prophet,  priest,  and  king  supreme,. 
He  said,  "  Let  all  the  angels  worship  him/' 
And  here  they  found  a  reverential  cross, 
Which  must  have  tried  them  to  the  uttermost, 


*  "  When  there  were  no  depth,  I  was  brought  forth,  when 
there  were  no  fountains  abounding  with  water.  Before  the  moun^ 
tains  were  settled,  before  the  hills,  was  I  brought  forth."  Frov. 
viii.  24,  25.  The  author  would  infer  from  these  Scriptures,  that 
the  son  of  God  was  exhibited  to  angels  in  the  appearance  of  his 
human  nature,  before  the  foundation  of  the  world  ;  as  well  as  to 
Abraham  and  Nebuchadnezzar  afterwards,  long  before  he  actu- 
ally appeared  in  the  flesh.  See  Gen.  xYiii.  1,  3 — Dan.  iii.  2S. 

c  2 


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When  call'd  to  bow  and  reverence  Christ  the 

Son, 
As  they  before  the  triune  God  had  done  : 
Who  then  appeared,  in  human  nature  clad, 
A  little  lower  than  the  angels  made ; 
But  yet  exalted,  as  their  lofty  king, 
To  whom  Archangels  must  their  tribute  bring. 
It  is  suppos'd  one  third  of  them  refused, 
Their  moral  rights  and  liberties  abus'd  ; 
Apostatiz'd,  and  in  rebellion  rose^ 
The  government  of  heaven  to  oppose  ; 
But  Michael  with  those  rebels  did  contend, 
The  kingdom  of  our  Saviour  to  defend. 
The  dragonf  and  his  angels  were  cast  down, 
Their  place  in  heaven  can  no  more  be  found ; 
And  here  we  find  the  origin  of  evils, 
Where  holy  angels  changed  into  devils. 
They  might  have  stood,  in  heaven  still  remain* 

'd; 
Tho'  fallen  now,  and  under  darkness  chain'dj 
By  agency  they  fell,  'tis  plain  to  see, 
Vnd  not  by  virtue  of  a  stern  decree. 

Argument  IL 

I  shall  pursue  the  same  consistent  plan 

To  find  the  origin  of  sin  in  man ; 

And  humbly  hope  the  honor'd  court  will  see 

I  argue  just,  and  with  propriety. 

For  agency  in  man,  was  just  the  same 

As  in  the  angels,  who  were  first  to  blame  ; 

When  he,  the  fatal  present  did  receive, 

+  Rsv  Chap.  si.  ft.— verse  7  and.& 


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And  took  the  apple  from  the  hand  of  Eve ;.: 

By  agency  he  might  forever  stood, 

Ci  ho'  Eve  had  fallen  from  primeval  good  ;)i 

And  found  access  unto  the  tree  of  life, 

In  blissful  solitude  without  his  wife  ; 

Until  his  Maker  had  again  displayed 

His  power,  and  then  another  partner  made  ; 

Who  in  her  manners  might  be  more  reserv'd^ 

And  her  Creator  faithfully  have  serv'd ; 

And  Eve,  poor  Eve*  then  worthy  to  be  curs'd, 

From  Adam  justly  might  have  beendivorc'd  i 

And  driven  out  of  happy  Paradise, 

For  having  listen'd  to  the  serpent's  voice. 

The  man  was  under  no  necessity 

To  eat  the  fruit  of  that  forbidden  tree  : 

Because  his  wife  partook  and  was  to  blame, 

And  tempted  him  to  take  and  eat  the  same ; 

No  more  than  Lot,  who  fled  with  .all  his  power 

From  Sodom,and  escaped  that  dreadful  show'r 

While  his  fond  wife,  it  seemed,  began  to  halt 

Look'd  back,  and  turned  into  a  pillar  of  salt. 

A  monumental  pillar  there  she  stood; 

For  having  broke  the  holy  law  of  God,, 

While  Lot  escap'd  unto  the  city  Zoar, 

And  was  preserved  until  the  storm  was  o'er;. 

But  Adam,  fond  of  his  apostate  wife, 

Partook  the  fruit,  and  forfeited  his  life; 

And  here  we  find  the  origin  of  sin, 

In  man,  rebellious  man,  did  first  begin. 

No  moral  evil  can  from  God  proceed, 

His  law  forbids  and  proves 'twas  notdecreedL 

Did  God  permit,  or  suffer  sin  in  man  ? 

No,  man  permitted,  there  it  first  began,  i 


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God's  law  forbade  that  such  a  thing  should  be. 
His  justice  did  inflict  the  penalty, 
Which  proves  'twas  neither  suffered  nor  per- 
mitted; 
And  here  the  pris'ners  counsel  is  defeated. 
For  Eve,  aspiring  to  be  something  great, 
Adher'd  unto  her  new  associate, 
Mho  first  allured  her  eyes  and  then  her  taste; 
Before  her  mind,  the  object,  wisdom  placed  ; 
Wisdom  she  sought  and  dearly  paid  the  cost, 
Folly  obtain'd  and  all  her  goodness  lost; 
Her  glory,  honour,  virtue  and  renown, 
Fair  princess  of  the  world  was  thus  cast  down: 
And  now  behold  the  once  most  happy  pair, 
Blushing  with  shame  and  sinking  in  despair  ; 
Naked,  they  sought  a  covering  with  leaves, 
And  hid  among  the  trees,  like  guilty  thieves  r 
A  striking  proof  of  their  depravity, 
And  alienation  from  the  Deity, 
\Y  hose  omnipresent  eye  surveyed  with  ease 
Those  guilty  wretches  hid  among  the  trees. 
But  God  had  thoughts  of  mercy  to  display, 
And  walk'd  the  garden  in  the  cool  of  day  ; — 

0  Adam,  where  art  thou  ?  Jehovah  cried, 
Trembling  with  fear,  this  fallen  prince  repli'd. 

1  heard  thy  voice  within  the  garden  sound, 
And  was  afraid  thus  naked  to  be  found  ; 

I  hid  myself  among  the  trees  for  shame, 
And   thought,   perhaps,  I  might   come  under 

blame. 
The  Lord  enquir'd  of  him  to  know  the  cause 
If  he  had  broke  his  just  and  holy  laws  ; 


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To  which  the  penalty  annex'd  at  first 
Was,    "  If  thou  eat  thereof,  thou  shalt  be 

eurs'd." 
Then  Adam  answered  thus  to  Deity,  > 

The  woman  whom  thougav'st  to  be  with  me  > 
First  brought  the  iruit  from  that  forbidden  \ 

tree  : 
I  thought  to  try  its  quality  by  taste, 
And  now,  alas  !  I  am  by  sin  disgraced. 
Then  God  enquir'dofEvewhat  she  had  done, 
"Why  couldst  thou  not  have  let  that  tree  alone? 
And  eat  the  fruit  of  life,  and  liv'd  forever, 
Eternally  been  happy  in  my  favour  ?" 
Eve  said,  the  Serpent  tempted  me  to  eat, 
And  I  was  taken  by  his  grand  deceit 
He  did  pretend  the  fruit  would  make  me  wise, 
And  be  like  him,  who  reigns  above  the  skies. 
Then  on  the  Serpent  God  pronounced  first,  } 
Above  all  cattle  thou  art  ever  curst,  > 

I  hy  reptile  form  to  man,  appear  the  worst,  y 
A  lasting  enmity  is  now  decreed 
Between  the  woman's  and  thy  hateful  seed ; 
For  he  shall  bruise  thy  head  and  thou  his  heel; 
This  law  in  nature  I  will  ne'er  repeal. 
Then  to  the  woman  God  made  this  reply, 
Thy  sorrows  I  will  greatly  multiply  ; 
rl  hy  fruitfulness  shall  an  affliction  prove, 
Thy  husband  shall  rule  over  thee  in  love. 
Then  unto  Adam,  the  Creator  spoke, 
Since  thou  hast  listened  to  thy  wife  and  broke 
My  law,  which  I  commanded  thee  to  keep, 
The  earth  is  curs'd  with  many  evils  deep ; 


From  thence  shall  grow  the  thistle  and  the 

thorn, 
To  choak  the  wheat  and  check  the  growing 

corn  ; 
For  this  thy  progeny  will  sigh  and  mourn, 
For  dust  thou  art,  and  unto  dust  return. 
Thus  the  first  pair  presumptousiy  behavxl, 
W  ere  curst  in  person,  and  in  mind  deprav'd  ; 
But  God  in  mercy  made  them  coats  of  skins  \ 
And  promis'd  Christ  to  save  them  from  their 

sins  ; 
By  this  free  gift  both  Adam  and  his  wife 
\\  ere  then  restor'd  to  agency  and  life. 
And  we  our  agency,  from  Christ  obtain, 
By  which  we  have  a  power  to  act  again ; 
The  laiv  to  Adam  was,  obey  and  live, 
The  law  to  us  is  now,  repent,  believe  ! 
All  men  by  grace  have  power  to  do  the  same, 
And  if  they  do  it  not  they  are  to  blame. 

Argument  III. 

And  now  I  come  unto  the  cause  of  Cain, 
Who  has,  no  doubt,  his  brother  Abel  slain  ; 
Two  witnesses  have  testifrd  correct, 
They  saw  the  pris'ner  in  the  very  act ; 
Knowledge   and  Truth   in   substance  both 

agree; 
And  swear  they  saw  the  pris'ner  break  decree, 
'Foreknowledge  had  no  iufluence  on  his  mind 
4Nor  did  decree  the  pris'ner's  actions  bind  ; 
JHe  acted  free,  within  himself  alone, 
As  if  his  actions  had  been  unforeknown  ;" 


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To  this  amount,  the  Truth  has  testified, 

And  Truth,  may't  please  your  honors,  never 

li'd: 
Therefore  the  evidence,  that  swore  to  fate, 
■*The  force  of  Truth,  can  not  invalidate: 
They  testified,  to  sentiments  believ'd 
By  those,  no  doubt,  who  have  the  world  de^ 

deceiv'd  ! 
!;  By  sophistry,  by  smooth  and  subtle  art, 
i  To  clear  the  guilty,  from  their  just  desert ; 
As  if  Jehovah  wrought  all  sin  in  man, 
And  caus'd  the  horrid  murder, done  by  Cain; 
If  so,  may't  please  your  honors,  what  is  God  ? 
What  but  a  tyrant,  shedding  human  blood  ! 
Methinks  that  Satan,  scarce  so  bad  can  be, 
As  Hopkins  represents  the  Deity. 
If  Satan  acts  as  he  is  moved  upon, 
In  what  respect  can  such  an  one  be  wrong  ? 
He's  but  a  tool  in  the  Almighty's  hand, 
To  execute  what  he  before  had  plann'd. 
It  is  almost  too  horrid  to  relate, 
The  viprous  broods  that   have  been  bred  by 

fate  ; 
In  nations,  kingdoms,  states  and  towns, 
Where  this  prevailing  principle  abounds  ; 
As  the  first  counsel  boldly  did  relate, 
Of  Mr.  Calvin,  who  imbibed  fate  ; 
And  breathed  slaughter  in  his  praying  breath 
And  put  Servetus  to  a  cruel  death, 
Because  the  Doctor*  with  him  disagreed, 
And  could  not  think  events  were  all  decreed. 

*  Servetus   is  said  to  have  been    a   Spanish    Physician  and 
School  Master. 


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If  Mr.  Calvin  was  so  full  of  malice, 

He  burnt  Servetus,  and  cscap'd  the  gallows  > 

I  think  'tis  no  sufficient  reason  why, 

That  Cain  for  horrid  murder  should  not  die  >• 

For  Cain,  a  better  doctrine,  had  been  taught, 

Before  the  crime,  to  action,  he  had  brought,* 

But  Mr.  Calvin's  doctrine  led  him  on 

Perhaps,    to  do  the  crime,  that  he  has  done. 

Error  in  doctrine,  may  to  practice  lead, 

In  thought,  in  word,  in  action ;  if  decreed  : 

And  after  all,  he  might,  perhaps,  relent, 

And  for  his  misdemeanor,  mrght  repent ; 

A  nd  if  he  did,  I  think  'tis  very  well  } 

If  not,  I  leave  it  with  the  Conrt  to  tell 

\\  Inch  way  he  went,  to  heav'n  or  to  hell.  5 

The  pris'ner  for  his  crime,  can  have  no  clock, 

Its  aggravating  nature  must  provoke 

The  laws  of  justice,  to  make  their  demand, 

On  him  who  first  with  blood   has  stain'd  our 

land. 
Again  the  pris'ner's  counsel  did  pretend 
To  show  a  form  he  had  so  wisely  plann'd 
Which  represented  agency  as  mean, 
As  helpless  puppets,  or  a  mere  machine  ; 
Which  leaves  the  agent  motionless  of  course, 
Till  moved  by  gravitation  or  by  force  ; 
Much  like  the  ebbing  and  the  flowing  ocean, 
That's  governed  by  a  secret  spring  of  motion ; 
Or  like  the  stars,  revolving  in  their  courses  : 
Or  gilded  coaches,  drawn  by  sprightly  hor- 
ses : 


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Or  iish  that  swim  in  ether  on  the  steeple. 
To  the  admiration  of  the  people  ! 
Such  kind  of  agents,  gentlemen,  are  we, 
If  bound  by  fate,  or  strict  necessity. 
But  I  contend  for  more  consistency, 
The  power  of  choosing  and  of  acting  free  ; 
Free  to  virtue,  though  not  as  free  to  vice, 
Since  law  forbids  the  agent's  wicked  choice  ; 
Yet  men  have  power  to  counteract  decrees, 
And  break  God's  holy  laws  just  when  they 

please  ; 
For  this,  the  Lord  annex'd  a  penalty. 
To  bring  to  justice  moral  agents  free  : 
On  any  other  principle  than  this, 
No  court  of  justice  ever  could  exist, 
But  to  avoid  disputes  and  future  cavils  \ 
Man's  will  is  free  to  make  a  choice  of  evils  ;.*• 
As  free  in  this,  as  any  other  case— 
Which  in  the  King  of  Israel  once  took  place  ; 
Who  had  three  evils  offered  from  the  Lord  :f 
The  famine,  or  the  pestilence,  or  sword  : 
The  king  replied,  I  now  am  in  a  strait ;  } 

(Judgment  and  reason  seemed  to  hesitate,)    > 
'Till  his  free  will  determined  his  fate.  y 

What  place  or  station  ever  yet  was  found, 
Where  man's    free  will  from  liberty  was 

bound  ? 
Twas  free  by  nature,  now  'tis  free  by  grace.J 
And  will  be  free  in  all  the  human  race  : 


•  Calamities.  f  1.  Chron.  XXI,  10.  11,  12,  13. 

*  ANAGRAMS  1. 
Does  the  preponderating-  motive  move 
Mankind  to  act  from  prejudice  or  lovfe  ? 


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This  brings  me  to  the  very  point  in  hand. 

The  attributes  of  God  for  to  defend, 

The  very  nature  of  a  just  decree, 

Presupposes  an  ability 

In  man,  to  keep  or  violate  the  same, 

For  which  he's  liable  to  praise  or  blame  ; 

Without  this  power  what  tribute  could  he 
bring 

To  his  Creator,  God,  his  heavenly  King  ? 

What  honor  to  his  justice  would  redound  -j 

What  glory  to  his  goodness  would  abound  ? 

Man  might  as  well  have  never  been  created  ; 

Or  when  created,  been  annihilated  ! 

As  to  exist,  without  free  power  to  act, 

In  honor  of  his  God,  or  disrespect. 

He  would  have  been  a  cypher  in  the  hand 

Of  his  Creator,  and  a  cypher  stand  ; 

Nought  could  have  comprehended  the  ac- 
count, 

Nought,  the  total  sum,  and  whole  amount. 

But,  please  your  honors,  agency's  the  scale, 

In  which  men  turn  to  heaven  or  to  hell ; 

If  otherwise,  they've  no  account  to  give, 

Nor  no  reward  from  God  can  they  receive. 

Argument  IV. 

Now  to  the  second  counsel  I  reply,  [die; 

Who  plead  that  Christ  for  all  the  world  did 

When  will  consents,  the  motive  leads  astray  ; 
When  will  refuses,  motive  must  obey. 

2.  The  harmonizing  powers  of  the  soul, 
Produce  the  free  volitions  of  the  mind  ; 
Will  can  indeed,  these  noble  powers  control, 
When  will  demands,  to  him  they  are  resign'd. 


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In  this  respect  he  argued  just  and  right, 

According  to  the  truth  and  gospel  light. 

But  when  he  plead  that  all  would  saved  be, 

On  principles  of  strict  necessity  ; 

The  chain  of  orthodoxy  there  he  broke, 

Advancing  error,  as  he  smoothly  spoke. 

But  here  may't   please  your  honors  might  be 

made 
A  fair  distinction,  without  much  parade  5 
Between  redemption,  and  salvation  great, 
To  make  the  subject. clear,  I  now  will  state, 
The  great  atonement  by  our  Saviour's  blood, 
Took  place  upon  the  agency  of  God; 
Of  his  good  will,  salvation's  offered  free, 
This  is  the  noblest  work  of  Deity. 
And  when  he  makes  those  offers  unto  men, 
Upon  his  wise  and  most  consistent  plan  ; 
He  leaves  those  agents  free,  with  power  to 

choose 
Their  endless  happiness,  or  to  refuse  ; 
Which  lets  his  glorious  attributes  shine  clear, 
That  men  as  moral  agents  may  revere  ; 
Without  compulsion,  free  from  all  constraints, 
They  live  and  die,  as  sinners  or  as  saints. 
'Tis  God's  prerogative  for  to  command, 
And  man's  best  wisdom,  strictly  to  attend  ; 
Repentance  is  requir'd  of  every  one,* 
And  faith  in  God's  supreme  and  only  son. 
And  why  required,  if  man's  no  power  to  do  ? 
Justice,  indeed,  would  ne'er  decree  it  so. 
God  never  reaps  but  where  he  first  has  sown; 
And  then  he  has  a  right  to  claim  his  own, 


*  Thai  actually  sins  aga'nst  God. 


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He  gives  ability  and  moral  powers, 
To  exercise  them,  gentlemen,  is  ours  > 
Whoever  then  improves  what  God  has  given, 
May  claim  his  promise,  of  a  crown  in  heaven. 
But  every  one  that  misimproves  his  time, 
In  sight  of  Deity  commits  a  crime ; 
Because  he  had  a  moral  power  to  do, 
And  did  it  not,  he  fits  himself  for  woe. 
What  more,  may't  please  your  honors,  can 

remain, 
Except  it  is  to  close  my  plea  on  Cain  ? 
Who  for  his  crime,  it  seems,  did  not  repent, 
And  now  it  is  too  late;  his  day  is  spent : 
For  when  a  pris'ner  is  to  judgement  brought* 
His  flowing  tears  will  then  avail  him  not ; 
By  law  and  evidence  he  must  be  try'd, 
And  by  the  same  the  Jury  must  decide. 
We've  fully  prov'd  he  did  the  horrid  deed, 
And  from  the  charge  he  never  can  be  freed  ; 
This  bloody  crime  he  did  premeditate  : 
Then  let  the  Jury  now  decide  his  fate  ; 
And  as  he  did  his  moral  powers  abuse, 
I  see  no  way  the  Court  can  him  excuse  ; 
Since  he  has  broke  the  sixth  and  great  com- 
mand, 
Let  him  be  hung,  or  banish'd  from  the  land. 
Thus  far,  my  sentiments  I  have  express'd, 
A  moral  agent  free,  a  Methodist ; 
My  arguments  in  all  have  been  but  four  : 
They  are  conclusive  ;  and  I  add  no  more. 


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Chief  Judge. 

Gentlemen  Jury,  I  must  give  you  charge, 
You've   heard  the   proof,  and  arguments  at 

large ; 
I'm  sensible,  that  life  is  dear  to  all, 
Tho'  justice,  may  aloud  for  vengeance  call ! 
Now  if  the  pris'ner  was  a  mere  machine, 
And  had  no  moral  faculties  to  sin ; 
For  heaven's  sake,  don't  sentence  him  to  woe, 
But  clear  him  from  the   charge,   and  let  him. 

go: 
But  if  he  was  a  moral  agent  free, 
And  did  not  act,  from  strict  necessity; 
I  charge  you  now,  as  in  the  fear  of  God, 
To  clear  your  skirts,   from  Abel's  righteous 

blood ; 
Without  delay,  immediately  withdraw, 
Make  up  your  minds ;  do  honor  to  the  law; 

Sheriff. 

Silence !  Spectators,  give  attention  there, 
Make  way,  and  let  the  jury  now  appear. 

Clerk. 

Gentlemen,  Jury,  are  you  all  agreed 
In  sentiment  ?  if  so  you  may  proceed. 

Verdict  of  the  Jury. 

With  one  consent,  the  Jury  all  agree, 
That  Cain,  a  moral  agent,  broke  decree  ? 
Free  from  necessity,  he  made  his  choice* 
And  acted  free,  is  our  united  voice;, 
d2 


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Our  Judgment  to  declare,  a  little  further, 
We  find  him  guilty  now,  of  wilful  murder. 

Chief  Judge. 

The  pris'ner  is  found  guilty  of  the  crime ; 
And  shall   be  mark'd,   with   infamy   through 

time; 
And  soon  depart,  into  the  land  of  Nod, 
For  having  broke  the  high  decree  of  God  ! 
Where  conscious  horrors,  will  forever  roll, 
And  frightful  spectres,  haunt  his  guilty  soul ! 
May  this  an  everlasting  warning  be, 
To  all  the  world  of  moral  agents  free. 

High  Sheriff, 

Come  Cain,  the  pris'ner,  first  of  Adam's  race, 
Come  go  with  me,  to  your  destined  place. 

Chief  Judge. 

The  other  causes  may  be  laid  aside, 
There  is  no  more,  at  present,  to  be  tri'd 
The  Court  will  now,  immediately  arise, 
And  the  next  session,  meet  above  the  skies. 


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A  PARAPHRASE  ON  THE  PARABLE  OF  THE  TEN 

VIRGINS. 

Matt,  xxv.  1  to  13. 

1.  The  Kingdom  is,  our  Saviour  states; 
Compar'd  to  ten  fair  candidates  ; 

Who  took  their  lamps,  and  lit  the  same. 
Transported  with  a  joyful  theme. 

2.  In  wedding  garments,  they  appear'd, 
While,  blooming  hopes,  their  spirits  cheer'd  ; 
Espoused  to  God's  beloved  son, 

Their  beauty,  and  their  graces  shone. 

3.  Mejthinks  they  knew  their  sins  forgiven^ 
With  one  accord  set  out  for  heaven ; 

All  justified  by  faith  complete, 

Went  forth,  the  Bridegroom  for  to  meet 

4.  Their  appellation  seems  to  prove 
Their  innocence  their  faith  and  love ; 
Their  chastity  it  does  express, 
Their  purity  and  holiness. 

5.  But  five  of  them  most  foolish  were, 
Because  they  did  not  persevere  ; 

It  seems  they  chose  a  smoother  way, 

And  thus  their  creed  we  hear  them  say  : — 

6.  If  once  in  grace,  always  in  grace, 

Our  faitb  takes  hold  and  keeps  its  places 


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We've  had  a  good  experience  past, 
That  light  with  us  will  always  last. 

7.  We  live  in  sin  and  sometimes  doubt ; 
Our  lamps  grow  dim,  but  can't  go  out, 
There  will  a  little  spark  remain, 

And  that  will  kindle  up  again  : — 

8.  Although  in  ashes  buried  deep, 
Of  unbelief,  'twill  safely  keep, 

And  when  by  prayer  we  blow  the  same, 
The  spark  will  rise  into  a  flame. 

9.  Christ  died  for  us,  but  not  for  all, 
vVe  cannot  from  his  favour  fall ; 
He  has  for  us  a  high  respect, 
Because  we  are  his  own  elect. 

10.  And  when  we  sin,  or  step  aside, 
V  e  still  remain  his  loving  bride  ; 
His  love  for  us  will  ne'er  grow  cold, 
We  were  ordakfd  for  him  of  old. 

Jl.  We  now  may  sleep  and  take  our  ease, 
W  hate'er  we  do  meets  his  decrees  ; 
We  soon  shall  wake  with  joy  again, 
His  promises  are  yea  :  Amen. 

12.  The  wis  lorn  of  the  wise  was  this — 
To  persevere,  lest  they  should  miss  ; 
And  as  they  wisely  did  improve, 
Their  faith  did  sweetly  work  by  love 


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13.  This  was  the  lamp,  and  this  the  oil. 
The  foolish  occupied  awhile  ; 

But  as  they  loiter'd  by  the  way, 
Their  lighted  lamps  did  then  decay. 

14.  And  when  in  sin  they  lulFd  to  sleep, 
Their  grace  they  could  no  longer  keep  ; 
Back-sliding  from  the  Lord,  they  fell, 
And  thus  expos'd  their  souls  to  hell. 

15.  What  means  the  slumbering  of  the  wise  ? 
i  heir  downy  bed  before  us  lies  ; 

In  patience,  peace,  and  hope,  they  rest, 
\\  hile  of  their  light  and  lamps  possess'd. 

16.  They  wait  in  prayer,  with  watchful  eye^ 
And  listen  for  the  midnight  cry ; 

All  things  are  ready  at  his  word, 
They  rise,  and  meet  their  coming  Lord. 

17.  The  foolish,  they  wake  up  again, 
And  strive  to  kindle  up  the  flame ; 
But  O  !  alas  !  their  light  is  gone, 
These  poor  apostates  are  undone. 

18.  Then  in  the  dark,  they  search  about, 
And  find  their  lamps  have  all  gone  out ;  * 
They  haste  away,  in  sad  surprise, 

And  fain  would  borrow  of  the  wise. 

19.  "Come  lend  us  now  some  of  your  oil,r 
To  make  the  bridegroom  on  us  smile ; 

*  Their  lamps  were  lit  there  is  no  doubt9 
How  otherwise  could  they  go  out  I 


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And  to  recruit  our  lamps  again. 
And  save  us  from  eternal  pain. 

20.  "Not  so  indeed !  we've  none  to  spare, 
We've  scarce  enough  to  persevere  ; 

But  go  to  them  that  sell ;  and  buy, 
And  get  yourselves,  a  fresh  supply." 

21.  The  wise  were  ready,  free  from  sin. 
The  Bridegroom  bid  them  welcome  in ; 
Where  all  their  toil  and  pain  is  o'er; 
The  Master  rose  and  shut  the  door. 

22.  At  length  the  foolish  come  again, 
And  plead  that  they  may  enter  in; 
"Lord  open,  open  unto  us," 

And  save  us  from  the  dreadful  curse. 

23.  The  Bridegroom  answer'd  on  the  Spot, 
I  verily,  verily,  know  you  not ; 

I  know  you  do  not  now  possess, 
That  true,  inherent  righteousness. 

24.  Had  you  been  faithful  to  the  end, 
I  now  would  lend  a  helping  hand ; 
But  since  you  did  inconstant  prove, 
You  cannot  reign  with  me  in  love. 

25.  Come  Christians,  let  us  watch  and  pray, 
And  trim  our  lamps  by  night  and  day  ; 
That  they  m  ay  all  burn  bright  and  clear, 
When  Christ,  the  Bridegroom,  shall  appear-. 


HYMN. 

The  passion  of  Christ. 

They  shall  look  on  him  whom  they  pierced  !  John  xix.  37. 
tune — Lady  Washington's  Enquiry - 

1.  Saw  you  my  Saviour, 
Saw  you  my  Saviour, 
Saw  you  my  Saviour  God  ! 
Oh  !  he  bled  on  Calvary, 
To  atone  for  you  and  me, 

When  he  purchas'd  our  pardon  with  blood. 

2.  He  was  extended, 
Highly  extended. 
Painfully  nail'd  to  the  cross  ; 
Where  he  bowed  his  head  and  died, 
Thus  my  Lord  Was  crucified, 

To  atone  for  a  world  that  was  lost, 

3.  Jesus  hung  bleeding, 
Jesus  hung  bleeding, 

Three  dreadful  hours  in  pain  ! 
While  the  sun  refus'd  to  shine, 
And  his  majesty  divine, 
W  as  derided,  insulted,  and  slain. 


4S 


4.  Darkness  prevailed, 
Darkness  prevailed, 
Darkness  prevail'd  o'er  the  land, 
Oh  !  the  solid  rocks  were  rent, 
Through  creation's  vast  extent, 
"When  the  Jews  crucified  the  God-mart 

5.  When  it  was  finish'd, 
When  it  was  finish'd, 

And  the  atonement  was  made, 
He  was  taken  bv  the  great, 
And  embalmed  in  spices  sweet, 
And  was  in  a  new  sepulchre  laid, 

6.  Hail  mighty  Saviour, 
Hail  mighty  Saviour, 

Prince  and  tne  author  of  Peace, 

0  he  burst  the  bands  of  death, 
And  triumphant  from  the  earth. 
He  ascended  to  mansions  of  bliss. 

7.  Now  interceding, 
Now  interceding, 

Pleading  that  sinners  may  live  ; 
Oh  !  behold  iny  hands  and  side, 
Father,  I  was  crucified 
To  redeem  them,  I  pray  thee  forgive* 

8.  I  will  forgive  them, 

1  will  forgive  them, 

When  they  repent  and  believe. 
Let  them  now  return  to  thee, 
And  be  reconcil'd  to  me, 
And  salvation  they  all  may  receive. 


AND 


SPIRITUAL  SONGS, 

THE  MEASURES  OF  WHICH  ARE  ADAPTED  TO 
SOME  VERY  PLEASING  AND  HARMONIOUS 
TUNES,  CALCULATED  FOR  THE  EN- 
TERTAINMENT OF  YOUTH 
AND  OTHER  SERI- 
OUS PERSONS,, 


BY  &XJ1STUS  BROWN, 

AUTHOR    OF  THE   TRIAL    OF    CAIN,  AND   THE   MORNING 
STAR    OF   REASON,   &C.J 


{Copy  right  Secured.) 

■  @ - 

STOCKBRIDGE, 
PRINTED   BY    CHARLES   WEBSTER* 

1823. 


ft^mns  and  Spiritual  Songs. 


AD  VERTISEMEJYT. 

TttHf— ORPHAN  BOY, 

1.  WHEN  anxious  cares  have  fled  away, 
And  man  for  sweet  repose,  retires, 

From  the  third  watch,  to  break  of  day, 
The  morning  muses,  tune  their  lyres. 

When  silence  in  each  mansion  reigns, 
And  darkness  shrouds  the  atmosphere; 

Or  pale  moon-light,  glides  o'er  the  plains. 
Their  meditations  are  most  clear. 

2.  The  author  has  his  musing  place, 
(Permit  him  simply  here  to  tell,) 

Where  venus  blazes  in  his  face, 
When  rising  o'er  the  eastern  hill. 

How  pleasant  is  his  fond  retreat, 
His  entertainment,  how  sublime  !    . 

J3is  meditations,  O  how  sweet ! 

When  he  can  feel  the  power  divine. 

3.  When  he  can  view  the  morning  star, 
And  gaze  upon  the  northern  pole, 

By  faith  see  Jesus  from  afar, 
Arising  on  his  wakeful  soul. 


Why  should  he  share  this  bliss  alone, 

While  thousands  round  him  sleep  so  sound  s 

Awake  !  awake !  address  the  throne, 
Let  music,  love,  and  joy  abound. 


THE  AUTHOR'S  INVITATION  TO  YOUTH 


7W— GLOOM  OF  AUTUMN 

i.  Come  learn  the  science  of  sweet  music. 

If  you  wish  to  know  the  same  ; 
Join  the  band,  who  can  refuse  it  ? 

Sweetly  sound  the  Saviour's  name. 

2.  Here  you  have  those  melting  measures* 
Entertaining  to  the  youth  ; 

Soothing  sounds,  increasing  pleasures, 
Flowing  from  the  fount  of  truth. 

3.  May  the  subject  now  invite  you, 
To  unite,  and  sing  an  hymn ; 

May  the  pleasing  theme  excite  you, 
To  adore  the  great  Supreme. 

4.  First  on  earth,  and  then  in  heav'n, 
Sing  his  everlasting  praise ; 

Wear  a  crown,  by  Jesus  giv'n, 
And  with  raptures  on  him  gaze. 


HYMN  L 


THE  SCIENCE  OF  MUSIC. 


Tune— WASHINGTON. 

1.  Music,  the  noblest  science  giv'n, 
The  first,  and  last  of  all  the  sev'n, 
Was  at  our  great  Redeemer's  birth, 
By  Gabriel  taught  to  men  on  earth ; 
'Twas  this,  archangels  did  inspire, 
Their  great  Creator,  to  admire ; 
When  nature  to  existence  sprung, 
And  Morning  Stars  together  sung* 

CHORUS. 

In  symphony  of  sounds  refined, 

A  cordial  for  the  human  mind; 
The  sweetest  science  of  the  sev^n 
Which  swells  the  highest  notes  of  Heaven, 

2.  Music,  their  innocent  employ, 
Was  heightened  to  ecstatic  joy ; 

W  ith  soothing  sounds,  and  melting  strains, 
Echoing  through  the  heavenly  plains. 
Angelic  choirs,  improve  it  well, 
Their  harmony,  there's  none  excel. 
Though  fallen  men  may  freely  raise, 
Their  great  Redeemer's  worthy  praise* 

In  symphony,  &c. 

*  Job  xxviii,  7. 

A  2 


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3.  "Jesus,  the  soul  of  music,  is,'* 
The  spring  oflife  and  happiness j 
On  ev'ry  tongue,  let  music  roll, 
And  tire  with  love  the  human  soul. 
My  Saviour  bled,  the  world  to  save, 
And  ransom  mortals  from  the  grave; 
He's  worthy  of  our  choicest  songs, 
And  all  the  harmony  of  tongues. 

In  symphony,  &c. 

4.  Sweet  music,  elevates  the  mind, 
To  noblest  sentiments  refined ; 
Alleviates  our  mortal  cares, 

And  dissipates,  our  doubts  and  fears ; 
It  melts  our  hearts  to  tenderness, 
And  makes  our  suffering  far  the  less ; 
Tuning  our  passions  into  love, 
Aspiring  to  the  realms  above. 

In  symphony »,  &c. 

5.  Why  should  this  art  be  misappli'd  ? 
And  bow  to  vanity  and  pride  ; 

Since  vocal  music  in  its  prime, 
Invites  to  raptures,  most  sublime. 
This  science  was  the  first  of  all, 
And  never  can  in  ruin  fall, 
Though  others  may  in  time  decay, 
This  must  exist  in  endless  day. 

In  symphony  ,  &c. 


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HYMJYIL 

THE  RADIANT  BAND  OP   MUSIC,    IN  TWO  PARTS. 

Tune—  blue  bird. 

1.  O !  how  charming !  O!  how  charming  ! 
Is  the  radiant  band, 

Of  music,  music,  music,  music, 

O !  how  charming  is  the  radiant  band, 

Of  music,  playing  through  the  air! 

The  church  triumphant,  give  the  tone, 

While  they  surround  the  holy  throne ; 

In  glory,  with  celestial  arts, 

Angelic  armies  tune  their  harps, 

And  raptur'd  Cherubs,  play  their  parts, 

Strike  their  highest  notes 

At  our  Redeemer's  birth, 

2.  Gabriel  descending,  Gabriel  descending 
Brings  the  joyful  news, 

Oh  joyful,  joyful,  joyful,  joyful, 

Brings  the  joyful  news  of  our  Redeemer's  birth. 

The  great  Messiah's  come  to  earth  ! 

And  now  behold  a  glorious  throng, 

Who  thus  begin  the  holy  song, 

"  Glory  to  God,"'  resound  his  fame, 

"Good  will  to  men,"  aloud  proclaim* 

The  Saviour's  born  in  Bethlehem ;     ' 

Shout,  shout,  shout, 

The  great  Messiah's  born  to  day. 

3.  See  his  star  arising,  see  his  star  arising, 
In  the  eastern  sky; 


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Now  rising,  rising,  rising,  rising, 

See  his  star  arising,  in  the  eastern  sky, 

The  day  spring  opening  from  on  high ; 

The  types  and  shadows  flee  away, 

The  law  of  Moses,  must  decay : 

For  now  begins  the  gospel  day, 

Ye  Saints,  rejoice,  give  thanks  and  pray, 

And  sing  a  sweet  harmonious  lay, 

Shout,  shout,  shout, 

The  great  Redeemer's  born  to  day. 

4.  Shepherds  a'dore  him,  wise  men  have  found 

him 
Glory  be  to  God  ; 

0  glor7>  gloi7>  gloiT'  glo/y> 

Wisp  men  have  found  him,  by  th^  rising  star, 

And  come  to  worship  from  afar. 

Their  golden  gifts,  they  now  present, 

And  spices  of  the  sweetest  scent; 

And  joyfully  their  Saviour  greet, 

And  bow,  and  worship,  at  his  feet, 

And  taste  his  love,  divinely  sweet, 

Shout,  shout,  shout, 

The  king  of  glory's  born  to  day. 

5.  Jews  and  Gentiles  Join  in  concert, 
Praise  the  infant  king,  [him, 
O  praise  him,  praise  him,  praise  him,  praise 
Jews  and  Gentiles,  praise  the  infant  king, 
And  loud  hosannas  sweetly  sing ; 

With  Gabriel  and  the  shining  host, 
Praise  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 


While  Seraphs  tune  their  golden  lyres* 
Ye  Saints,  unite  and  join  their  choirs, 
This  glorious  theme  the  world  inspires. 
Shout,  shout,  shout, 
The  King  of  kings,  is  born  to  day. 


PART  SECOND. 

THE  RAPTURES  OF  SIMEON  AT  THE  TEMPLE. 

Luke,  ii.  28,  29,  30, 

1.  Oh!  how  pleasant!  Oh!  how  pleasant ! 
Is  the  holy  child, 

Most  holy,  holy,  holy,  holy, 

Oh !  how  pleasant,  is  the  holy  child, 

While  in  my  arms,  so  meek  and  mild. 

Amazing  goodness  can  it  be  ! 

He  looks  in  love,  and  smiles  on  me  ; 

Behold  in  him  the  Trinity, 

The  Godhead  in  the  infant  see, 

The  fullness  of  Salvation  free, 

Shout,  shout,  shout, 

My  souFs  enliven'd  with  his  charms. 

2.  With  what  pleasure,  with  what  pleasure, 
Do  I  now  behold, 

My  Savior,  Saviour,  Saviour,  Saviour, 
With  what  pleasure  do  I  now  behold — 
My  Saviours  beauties  to  utfifold  ; 
While  mercy  in  his  face  appears, 
His  presence  softens  all  my  cares, 
And  banishes  my  doubts  and  fears, 


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And  answers  all  my  faithful  prayers, 
And  melts  my  heart  and  dries  my  tears, 
Shout,  shout,  shout, 
The  half,  to  me  was  never  told. 

3.  O  !  how  melting  !  O  !  how  melting, 
Is  the  charming  name, 

Of  Jesus,  Jesus,  Jesus,  Jesus, 

0  how  melting  is  the  charming  name, 
Of  Jesus  Christ  the  spotless  Lamb. 
All  glory  to  my  infant  Lord, 

He's  come,  according  to  his  word. 

His  promise  is  to  me  fulfill'd, 

His  presence  has  my  sorrows  heaFd, 

His  love  within  my  heart  reveal'd, 

Shout,  shout,  shout, 

My  soul  has  caught  the  heavenly  flame. 

4.  I  am  happy,  I  am  happy, 
Glory  be  to  God, 

I'm  happy,  happy,  happy,  happy, 

1  am  happy  in  his  love  ; 

It  fires  my  soul  for  relms  above. 
O  let  thy  servant  now  depart 
With  full  salvation  in  his  heart ; 
My  eyes  have  seen  a  gospel  day, 
Soon  I  shall  leave  this  mortal  clay, 
And  soar  from  earth  to  heaven  away ; 
Shout,  shout,  shout. 
Arise  my  soul  like  Noah's  dove. 

5.  How  transporting,  how  transporting, 
Is  the  pleasant  sight, 


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Of  Heaven,  Heaven,  Heaven,  Heaven, 
How  transporting  is  the  pleasant  sight, 
Of  Heaven,  and  the  Saints  in  light* 
I  hope  to  meet  my  Saviour  there, 
With  Patriarchs  and  prophets  dear, 
And  cast  my  crown,  before  his  feet, 
And  join  the  band  of  music  sweet, 
In  highest  hapiness  complete, 
Shout,  shout,  shout, 
Arise  my  soul,  and  wing  thy  flight. 


HYMN  V. 

THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

^They  shall  look  on  him  whom  they  perced/'  John  xix.  37, 
Tune — lady  Washington's  enquiry, 

1.  Saw  you  my  Saviour, 
Saw  you  my  Saviour, 
Saw  you  my  Saviour  God ! 
Oh !  He  bled  on  Calvary, 
To  atone  for  you  and  me, 

When  he  purchas'd  our  pardon  with  blood, 

2.  He  was  extended, 
Highly  extended, 
Painfully  naiFd  to  the  cross; 
Where  he  bow'd  his  head  and  died, 
Thus  my  Lord  was  crucified, 

To  atone  for  a  world  that  was  lost. 


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3.  Jesus  hung  Ibleeding, 
Jesus  hung  bleeding, 
Three  dreadful  hours  in  pain ! 
While  the  Sun  refus'd  to  shine* 
And  his  Majesty  divine, 

W  as  derided,  insulted,  and  slain. 

4.  Darkness  prevailed, 
Darkness  prevailed, 
Darkness  prevail'd  o'er  the  land, 
Oh!  the  solid  rocks  were  rent, 
Through  creation's  yast  extent, 

W  hen  the  Jews,  crucified  the  God-man, 

5.  W  hen  it  was  finish'd, 
When  it  was  finish,d 

And  the  atonement  was  made. 
He  was  taken  by  the  great, 
And  embalm'd  in  spices  sweet, 
And  was  in  a  new  sepulchre  laid- 

6.  Hail  Mighty  Saviour, 
Hail  Mighty  Saviour, 

Prince  and  the  author  of  Peace. 
O  he  burst  the  bands  of  death, 
And  triumphant  from  the  earth, 
He  ascended  to  mansions  of  bliss, 

7.  Now  interceding, 
Now  interceding, 

Pleading  that  sinners  may  live : 
"  Oh !  behold  my  hands  and  side, 
Father  I  was  crucified, 
To  redeem  them ;  I  pray  thee  forgive 


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8.  "I  will  forgive  them, 

I  will  forgive  them, 

When  they  repent  and  believe. 

Let  them  now  return  to  thee, 

And  be  reconcil'd  to  me, 

And  Salvation,  they  all  may  receive," 


HYMN  VI 

mary's  lament  aion  and  consolation. 

Tune— lady  Washington's  enquiry. 

I  greatly  lamented  the  death  of  my  Saviour, 
Who,  when  I  repented,  forgave  my  behaviour  $ 
I  repair'd  to  the  tomb,  as  the  day  was  adawning, 
And  I  past  thro'  the  gloom,  in  deep  solitude 
mourning. 
Great  solemnity,  great  solemnity, 
Great  solemnity,  then  surrounded  me. 

2.  As  I  was  a  weeping,  a  voice  spoke  behind  me$ 
While  thousands  are  sleeping,  look  Mary  and 
find  me,  [or, 

What  a  rapture  I  felt,  when  I  saw  my  Redeem- 
And  my  heart  seem'd  to  melt,  thro'  my  soul  ran 
a  tremor ! 
O  how  glor.ous,  O  how  glorious, 
O  how  glorious,  was  his  personage ! 


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3.  Who  then  had  arose,  from  the  tomb,  to  my 

comfort, 
His  love  to  disclose,  in  a  manner  triumphant ; 
I  rejoic'd  when  I  heard,  of  my  Lord's  resurrec- 
tion, 
Who  again  has  appeared  in  a  state  of  perfection. 
O  Immanuel,  O  Immanuel, 
O  Immanuel ;  all  victorious ! 

4.  With  pleasure  I  sing,  of  my  Saviour's  ascen- 

sion, 
My  glorifi'd  King,  in  his  bright  shining  mansion. 
The  angelical  lyres,   his  high  praise  loud  re- 
sounding, 
The  celestial  choirs,  in  sweet  music  abounding, 
O  the  harmony,  O  the  harmony, 
O  the  harmony  inexpressible. 

5.  The  heav'ns  retain  him,  in  glory  and  gran- 

deur, [splendor ; 

Till  they  who  have  slain  him,  shall  see  him  in 
He'll  descend  with  a  shout  to  assemble  the  na- 
tions, [stellations ! 
And  the  Sun  will  go  out,  with  the  bright  con- 
See  his  majesty,  see  his  majesty, 
See  his  majesty,  most  magnificent ! 

6.  The  trumpet  will  sound,  in  a  manner  sur- 

prising, 
The  dead  under  ground,  from  their  graves,  will 
be  rising; 


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While  the  elements  melt,  and  the  Heavens  are 

retiring ; 
What  a  shock  will  be  felt,  when  the  world  is 
expiring. 
Crown  d  with  dignity,  crown'd  with  dignity, 
Crown'd  with  dignity,  will  my  Saviour  be. 

7.  The  ancient  of  days,  on  his  throne  will  be 

sitting, 
In  a  glorious  blaze,  at  this  national  meeting ; 
Of  the  various  classes,  there's  none  can  dissem- 
ble, <[ble. 
At  the  sentence  he  passes,  the  wicked  will  trem- 
"Depart  ye  cursed,  depart  ye  cursed, 
Depart  ye  cursed,  to  despondency  !" 

8.  Ye  saints5who  adore  me,are  welcome  to  enter, 
The  portals  of  glory,  and  pass  to  the  centre ; 
From  sin  I  have  freed  you,  your  joys  are  celes- 
tial, [crystal, 

To  sweet  fountains,  I'll  lead  you  as  clear  as  the 
"Come  my  followers,  come  my  followers, 
Come  my  followers,  and  be  glorified." 

9.  With  joy  they  adhere,  to  the  voice  of  their 

Saviour, 
Whose  name  they  revere,  and  accept  of  his 
favor ; 


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They  bow  down  at  his  feet,  and  their  crowns 
cast  before  him,  [him, 

In  sweet  raptures  complete,  they  forever  adore 
O  their  happiness,  O  their  happiness, 
0  their  happiness  is  most  glorious. 


■*•• 


HYMJY  VII 

#HE  SPREAD  OF  THE  GOSPEL  BY  ITINERACY. 

Tune— FRIENDSHIP.' 

1.  See  how  the  work  of  God  revives, 
Spreading  o'er  all  creation ; 

Thousands  will  sacrifice  their  lives, 

Preaching  the  great  salvation. 
Gospel  heralds  loud  proclaim, 
The  great  Redeemer's  worthy  theme 
A  free  salvation,  in  his  name, 
Publish  to  ev'ry  Nation. 

2.  In  Asia,  this  great  work's  begun, 
In  Europe,  it  is  spreading ; 

And  through  America,  it's  run, 

To  Africa,  proceeding, 
Nations,  and  Kingdoms,  hear  the  word, 
Princes  and  Peasants  turn  to  Go'l, 
And  thousands  are  by  grace  restor'd — ■ 
Since  Jesus  hung  a  bleeding. 


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3.  He  sends  his  Missionaries  forth, 
Good  news,  from  Heaven  bearing ; 

From  East  to  West,  from  South  to  North, 

Free  grace  to  all,  declaring ; 
They  leave  their  houses  and  their  lands, 
Their  wives,  their  children,  and  their  friends, 
Thus  to  obey  their  Lord's  commands. 
Leave  all  that  is  endearing. 

4.  For  Christ,  accounting  all  things  lost, 
Faithful  and  presevering ; 

Around  the  world,  they  bear  the  cross, 

As  if  no  dangers  fearing; 
Rising  the  hills,  descend  the  dales, 
Facing  the  storms,  and  furious  gales, 
But  when  the  word  of  God  prevails, 
They  rise  above  despairing. 

5.  Crowds  coming  in,  at  Christ's  commands, 
And  yet  there's  room  for  others : 

Preachers  receive  houses  and  lands, 

Fathers,  and  Christian  Mothers ; 
While  they  itinerate  around, 
Their  hearts,  and  souls,  with  joy  abound; 
Loud  hallelujahs,  sweetly  sound, 
From  sisters  and  new  brothers. 

6.  Thus  they  receive  an  hundred  fold, 
With  joy  and  persecution ; 

From  what  their  Lord,  had  long  foretold, 

The  world  will  not,  excuse  them. 
But  if  they  to  the  end  endure, 
A  golden  crown,  for  them  is  sure, 
B2 


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Heaven  will,  blessings,  on  them  pour, 
Glory,  in  full  effusion. 

7.  Sinners  return  to  Christ,  their  King, 
Repent  and  seek  his  favor; 

Their  ppaceful  offering  to  him  bring, 

Embrace  a  loving  Saviour : 
Shouting  for  joy,  they  clap  their  hands, 
In  raptures  sweet,  invite  their  friends, 
"Come  let  us  join  in  social  bands — 
To  sing  his  praise  forever." 

8.  The  Gospel's  preach'd  unto  the  poor, 
YV  ho  know  their  sins  forgiven ; 

With  joy  they  worship  and  adore, 

As  royal  heirs  of  Heaven : 
The  blind  receive  their  long  lost  sight, 
The  lame  can  walk  with  great  delight, 
The  dead*  are  rais'd,  all  dress'd  in  white, 
And  will  ascend  to  Heaven. 


9.  Where  we  shall  see  the  glorious  face, 

Of  him  who  did  restore  us ; 
And  sweetly  sing  redeeming  grace, 

With  those  who  went  before  us ; 
And  shout  the  vict'ry  to  the  Lamb 
W  ho  fires  us  with  love's  holy  flame, 
Let  all  Heaven  resound  the  theme* 
In  one  eternal  chorus. 

*  Dead  in  trespasses  and  sins. 


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HYMJY  VIIL 

Composed  on  hearing  a  Sermon  delivered,  on  a 
Quarterly  occasion,  by  the  Rev.  Louis  Pease  at 
Canaan  Connecticut,  from  Jer.  viii.  22. — Sept.  3* 
1815. 

Tune— NO  RTHF I  ELD 

1.  Is  there  no  balm  in  Gilead, 
Or  no  physician  there  ? 

Why  then  is  not  the  health  repair'd 
Of  Zion's  daughter  fair  ? 

2.  Why  should  she  languish,  faint,  or  die, 
Through  pride,  or  unbelief  ? 

Since  there's  a  kind  physician  nigh, 
And  balm  to  give  relief. 

3.  The  blood  of  Christ,  this  healing  balm, 
Is  given  without  wealth  ; 

His  grace,  the  raging  passions,  calm, 
Restoring  perfect  health. 

4.  Then  send  a  messenger  for  him, 
The  prayer  of  faith ;  with  speed  ; 

This  great  physician,  our  Supreme, 
Will  grant  the  help  we  need. 

5.  This  welcome  message  he'll  receive. 
And  a  kind  visit  pay  ; 

To  all  who  in  his  name  believe, 
He'll  come  without  delay. 


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6.  He  leaves  the  blissful  realms  above, 
Behold  !  him  drawing  near  ; 

He  rides  upon  a  steed  of  love, 
And  shortly  will  be  here. 

7.  He's  come,  he's  come,  Glory  to  God  ! 
Zion  begins  to  rise  ; 

She  feels  the  virtue  of  his  blood, 
Which  all  her  wants  supplies. 


HYMN IX. 

CAN  TWO  WALK  TOGETHER  EXCEPT  THEY  BE  AGREED? 

Amos  Hi.  3. 

Tune—  FREE    GRACE. 

1.  Say,  how  can  two  together  walk, 
Of  free  Salvation  sweetly  talk  ? 
Except  they  are,  in  mind,  agreed, 
The  merits  of  their  Lord,  to  plead. 

CHORUS. 

Agreed,  agreed,  he  all  agreed, 
And  in  the  wo  rk  of  God  proceed. 

2.  Let  faith  and  love  our  hearts  unite, 
That  we  may  keep  the  prize  in  sight ; 
And  run  with  speed,  the  narrow  way ; 
To  wear  a  crown,  in  endless  day. 

Agreed,  &c 


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Come  Presbyterians,  and  Baptist, 
'he  Churchmen,  and  the  Methodist  ; 
ome  lay  your  prejudice  aside, 
Ml  animosity  and  pride. 

Agreed,  &c. 

Come  Ministers  and  people  too, 
The  world  have  fiVd  their  eyes  on  you ; 
jrood  doctrine,  and  example  give, 
And  shew  them  how  the  Christians  live. 

Agreed,  &c. 

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5.  Then  infidels  will  turn  to  God, 
Acknowledge  his  revealed  word ; 
Believe  in  him  they  have  denied, 
And  own  a  Saviour  crucified. 

Agreed,  &c. 

6.  Then  we  shall  see  revivals  great, 
Perhaps  in  every  town  and  state ; 
And  pure  religion  grow  and  thrive 
To  save  a  dying  world  alive. 

Agreed,  agreed,  be  all  agreed, 
And  Christ  will  us  to  glory  lead. 


HYMjYX. 

THE  AWAKEn'd    SINNER  CONVERTED. 


ruse— ALMIGHTY    U'VE    INSPIRE, 

1.  The  gospel  fmmp  is  sounding, 
Free  grace  to  all  abounding, 


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While  thousands  are  surrounding 
The  azure  throne  of  God. 

My  Saviour  is  inviting, 

His  spirit  does  enlighten, 

I  will  no  longer  slight  him — 
Who  bought  me  with  his  blood. 

CHORUS, 

"  O  give  him  glory, 
And  O  give  him  glory, 
And  O  give  him  glory. 

For  ghry  is  his  own, 
And  you  may  give  him  glory, 
,    And  I  will  give  him  glory, 
We'll  shout  and  give  him  glory, 
When  we  surround  his  throne.'' 

2.  He  made  complete  atonement, 
Why  should  I  fear  to  own  it  ? 

I  feel  this  present  moment — 

Resolv'd  to  do  his  will ; 
For  when  I  had  offended, 
The  broken  law  he  mended  ; 
He  died  and  then  ascended, 

To  save  my  soul  from  hell. 

O  give  him  glory  &c. 

3.  This  world  is  but  a  bubble, 
Fill'd  up  with  care  and  trouble, 
There's  nothing  in  it  noble, 

To  satisfy  my  mind  : 
Though  infidels  indite  me, 
And  old  companions  slight  me, 


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My  Saviour  does  invite  me 
To  leave  them  all  behind. 

O  give  him  glory,  &e. 

4.  The  promised  Messiah, 
I  feel  him  drawing  nigher, 
His  goodness,  I  admire, 

And  will  revere  his  name ; 
My  Saviour  hath  arriven, 
And  spoke  my  sins  forgiven, 
And  I  am  bound  for  heaven, 

To  new  Jerusalem. 

O  give  him  glory,  &c. 

5.  The  world  I  have  deserted, 
My  soul,  he  has  converted, 
His  love  to  me  imparted, 

I  feel  the  holy  flame. 
My  King  and  my  protector, 
Doth  all  my  passions  capture, 
And  fires  my  soul  with  rapture, 

Salvation  is  my  theme. 

O  give  him  glory,  &c. 

6.  Free  grace  is  now  my  portion, 
I  sail  upon  the  ocean, 

Of  love,  in  sweet  devotion, 
With  Jesus  Christ  my  friend. 

The  breeze  is  blowing  clear, 

My  sails  are  faith  and  prayer, 

No  dangers,  will  1  fear, 

He'll  bring  my  soul  to  land. 

O  give  him  glory,  &c. 


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7.  The  Saints  have  gone  before. 
To  hail  me  on  that  shore, 
W  here  parting  is  no  more, 

And  Christ  will  ever  reign, 
The  Author  of  creation, 
Will  crown  our  souls  in  station. 
To  sing  his  great  salvation, 

In  hymns  of  highest  strain. 

O  give  him  glory. 
And  O  give  him  glory, 
And  O  give  him  glory 

For  glory  is  his  own. 
And  you  may  give  him  glory, 
And  I  will  give  him  glory, 
We'll  shout  and  give  him  glory, 

Around  the  azure  throne* 


HYMFXL 

THE  EXILE  OF  EDEN,  IN  TWO    PARTS. 

Tune— THE    EXILE    PATRIOT. 

A.  Our  first  parent  when  fallen*  were  exil'c 
from  Eden, 
They  wander'd  through   deserts  ofsorrov 
and  pain ; 
Were  banished  from  Paradise  the  place  of  theii 
freedom, 
And  we,  their  posterity,  are  apt  to  complain 


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Oh !  never  again  in  the  green  shady  bowers, 
[Where  our  first  parents  dwelt,  shall  we  spend 

our  sweet  hours ; 
Nor  taste  of  the  fruit,  nor  smell  of  the  flowers, 
Nor  sound  to  the  numbers  of  Eden  again. 

2.  "Oh  !  hard  is  our  fate,"  cry  these  heart  wan- 

dering strangers, 
The  brutal  creation's  more  happy  than  we ; 
Surrounded  with  troubles,  temptations,  and  dan- 
gers, 
If  Godhad  been  just,  could  such  evils  e'rebe. 
Hush  all  these  complaints,  let  us  mend  our  be- 
haviour. 
We  need  not  go  mourning  as  Exiles  forever ; 
[f  we  but  repent,  and  believe  in  the  Saviour, 
Who  died  to  redeem  us,  and  lives  to  restore. 

3.  His  character  is  lovely,  it  shines  forth  with 

splendor, 
He  invites  our  attention  to  joys  most  sublime; 
He's  mov'd  with  compassion,  his  heart  is  most 
tender,  [kind : 

His  blood  has  aton'd  for  the  world  of  man- 
Come  all  ye  despondent  with  hearts  now  relent- 
ing, 
Convicted,  condemned,  with  sorrow  repenting; 
Come  just  as  you  are,  with  your  souls  all  con* 
senting. 
Accept  of  Salvation,  in  Jesus'  name. 
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4.  Come  all  ye  fond  youths,  who  are  doating  on 

beauty,  [night ; 

Who   revel  in  ball  rooms,  and  gamble   by 
Yet  strangers  to  happiness,  neglectors  of  duty, 

In  Jesus  I  find  a  superior  delight. 
His  voice  is  sweet  music,  his  person  endearing, 
To  my  spirit,  the  wine  of  his  kingdom  is  cheer- 

™    ^    ing.; 

My  heart  is  a  leaping,  my  soul  persevering ; 

My  saviour's  my  suitor,  my  partner  in  love. 

5.  He  offers  you  pardon,  he  waits  to  embrace 

you, 
Here's  pleasure  forever,  come  follow  the 
Lamb; 
Religion's  a  calling  that  will  not  disgrace  you, 

An  honor  from  Heaven,  aspiring  to  fame. 
Come  all  ye  ambitious,  that  rise  by  gradation, 
Salvation's  the  glory  of  every  nation :    (station; 
Come  now  and  receive  it,  and  take  your  high 
In  Heaven  be  crowned  on  Jesus'  throne. 


PART  SECOND. 

■I.  Come   all  ye  vain  tipplers,  who  often  get 
heady, 
Who  sup  in  the  taverns,  and  lodge  in  the 
street ; 


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You  reel  on  a  precipice,  you  ought  to  be  steady, 

Or  soon  you  will  tumble  and  fall  in  the  deep, 

Where  liquids  are  plenty,    and  you'll  not  be 

craving, 
Where  devils  torment,  and  the  damned  are  ra- 
ving ; 
Where  billows  of  justice,  in   vengeance   are 
waving, 
Overwhelming  your  souls,  in  the  torments  of 
hell. 

2.  Come  all  ye  blasphemers,  of  loud  impreca- 

tions, 
Who  brave  the  kind  Heavens  and  dare  the 
most  high ; 
Profound  hellish  rhetoric,  infernal  expressions, 
Denotes  swift  destruction,  approaches  you 
nigh,  ■  .  [ing, 

Such  bold  imprecations  will  prove  your  undo- 
Ah  !  why  will  you  sport,  on  the  brink  of  sad  ru- 
in; [suing, 
Make  light  of  destruction,  that's  closely  pur- 
While  heaven  and  happiness,  and  life  lies  at 
stake. 

3.  Come  all  ye  brave   tattlers,  so  sly  and  so 

witty, 
Who  pour  out  calumny,  and  slander  the  wise; 
Who  lurk  in  the  village,  and  swarm  in  the  city, 
Yet  aim  to  appear  in  a  garb  of  disguise. 


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You  level  your  arrows,  at  titles  endearing, 
True  merit,  and  honor,  and  virtue  besmearing: 
No  ages,  nor  stations,  nor  rulers  revering, 

But  pour  out  your  venom  and  poison  the  world. i 

4.  Of  all  human  beings,  you  are  most  distasteful, 

Fill'd  with  envy  and  malice  and  pride,  and 

deceit; 

To  all  human  nature,  you  are  most  disgraceful, 

Despis'd  by  the  peasant,  and  scorn  by  tliG 

great. 

You  study  on  falsehood,  and  have  a  variety ; 

Prove  a  curse  to  the  nation,  a  pest  to  society 

Despising  religion,  all  persons  of  piety, 

The  Lord  will  reward  you,  with  brimstone 

and  fire. 


o.  Come  all  ye  poor  Misers,  though  rich  in  your  1 

coffers, 

I  doubt  much,  if  ever  you  liberal  will  be , 

Except  you  repent,  and  take  Christ  at  his  offers,! 

Your  treasure  lies  useless,  till  death  turns  the  j 

key.  [riches,,] 

YouVe  ground  down  the  poor,  to  accumulate!] 

Such  impious  conduct,your  character  impeach-|f 

es; 
The  root  of  all  evil,  your  spirit  betwiches, 
To  make  life  penurious,  and  die  in  contemptMi 


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?.  Come  all  ye  proud  Deists,  who  boast  of  your 
reason,  [hend ; 

Who  will  not  believe,  what  you  can't  compre- 
Come  meet  your  opponent,  let's  argue  a  season, 

And  see  how  the  contest  will  turn  in  the  end. 
You've  erected  a  Babel,come  now  and  defend  it, 
Comprehend  your  existence,or  else  not  pretend 

.it, 
Here  rises  a  mountain,  and  you  can't  ascend  it, 

You're  lost  in  the  valley,  and  sunk  in  despair. 

7.  Come  all  ye  bold  Atheists,that  glory  in  error, 

Deny  the  true  God,  and   pay   homage   to 

chance ;  [terror, 

Be  struck  with  conviction,   and  tremble  with 

As  you  on  to  ruin  so  swiftly  advance. 
By  chance  there's  a  God,  and  by  chance  there's 

a  Saviour, 
By  chance  there's  a  hell,  and  you'll  heir  it  for- 
ever ; 
By  chance  there's  a  Heaven,  for  each  true  be- 
liever, 
By  chance  there  are  angels  and  Cherubs  a- 
bove. 

8.  The  church  of  the  first  born,  to  bliss  have 
attained, 
Though  once  they  wereExiles,that  wander'd 
in  time  ; 
The  plan  of  Salvation,  the  mystery's  explained, 
The  glories  of  Heaven  unfolding  in  prime. 
C*  2 


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Again   they're  restor'd,  to  the  most  pleasin 

bowers, 
In  the  presence  of  God,  where  they  spend  their 

sweet  hours,  [ers, 

Their  souls  are  enraptur'd,  with  heavenly  pow* 

To  sing  the  sweet  anthems  of  Eden  regain'd^ 


EYMJY  XIL 


EXPERIMENTAL. 


1.  Before  I  did  my  Saviour  own, 
He  ple'd  my  cause  on  high ; 

Upon  his  mediatorial  throne 

Beyond  the  ethereal  sky. 
Ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand  saints* 

And  angels  stood  before, — 
In  order  bow,d,  those  heavenly  ranks. 

My  Saviour  to  adore. 

2.  He  look'd  with  pity  on  my  soul, 
And  caird  me  to  believe  ; 

I  saw  myself,  a  sinner  bold, 
Whom  Satan,  did  deceive* 


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Pursuing  grace  disclos'd  my  guilt 

The  sacred  Scriptures  bore, 
Attest  that  Jesus'  blood  was  spilt. 

That  I  might  him  adore. 

8.  I  then  consider' d  on  my  ways, 

And  thought  I'd  turn  and  live  ; 
In  the  bright  morning  of  my  days, 

Salvation  to  receive. 
I  sought  by  prayer,  and  found  it  not, 

'Till  I  my  sins  gave  o'er ; 
I  strove,  and  then  by  faith  I  caught, 

My  Saviour  I  adore. 

4.  My  heart  was  chang'd,  my  soul  renew'd, 
My  name  enroll'd  above  ; 

The  Father,  reconcil'd,  I  view'd, 

And  felt  his  pardoning  love  : 
While  Jesus  look'd  on  me  and  smil'd, 

The  cordial  streams  did  pour ; 
He  own'd  and  bless'd  me  for  his  child— 

My  saviour  I  adore. 

5.  His  spirit  hYd,  my  ransom'd  powers, 
And  caus'd  me  to  rejoice ; 

In  praise,  I  spent  my  happy  hours, 

It  was  my  humble  choice. 
Bright  seraphs  hovering  on  their  wings, 

Good  news  to  Heav'n  they  bore ; 
And  while  they  praise  the  King  of  Kings, 

My  Saviour  I  adore. 

6.  Oh  !  may  I  ever  watch  and  pray, 
His  perfect  love  to  know  ; 


3& 

And  keep  the  straight  and  narrow  way, 

And  vanquish  every  foe. 
Unfeigned  faith  shall  be  my  shield, 

And  when  my  warfare's  o'er  ;. 
Triumphantly  I'll  quit  the  field, 

My  Saviour  I  adore. 

7.  Then  join  the  first  born  Church  above, 

And  walk  the  Heavenly  plains  ; 
Where  all  is  happiness  and  love, 

And  joy  forever  reigns. 
Where  flowing  tears  are  wip'd  away, 

And  troubles  are  no  more ; 
No  night — but  one  eternal  day — 

My  Saviour  I'll  adore. 


HYMN  XIII 

GOSPEL  VOLUNTEERS  CALLED  FORTH  TO  ACTION. 

Tune—  TREE    GRACE. 

1.  Jesus  our  Captain  General, 
Calls  us  to  face  the  pow'rs  of  hell  j 
To  gird  the  gospel  armour  on, 
And  war  until  the  victory's  won, 

CHORUS. 

"  Through  grace,  free  grace. 
Through  Grace,  free  grace, 
To  all  the  Jews 
And  Gentile  race" 


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2.  The  Gospel  Music  charms  our  ears* 
Beats  up  for  holy  volunteers  ; 

To  arms,  to  arms,  the  trumpet  sounds, 
To  all  the  earth's  remotest  bounds. 

Through  grace,  &c. 

3.  Come  all  the  world,  take  the  alarm, 
Escape  from  danger,  flee  from  harm ; 
Under  Immanuel  enlist, 

And  in  his  service,  do  your  best. 

Through  grace,  &c. 

4.  The  bounty  we  may  all  receive, 

Is  pardoning  grace,  when  we  believe; 
And  wear  the  liv'ry  of  our  Lord, 
And  draw  our  rations  from  his  word. 

Through  grace,  &c. 

5.  The  wages  are  eternal  rest, 
In  uniform  we  must  be  drest ) 
And  march  in  order,  rank  and  file, 
To  win  the  day  and  take  the  spoil. 

Through  grace,  &c. 

6.  Unfeigned  faith,  becomes  our  shield, 
Sword  of  the  spirit,  we  must  wield  : 
Our  helmet  is  salvation  great, 

True  righteousness  is  our  breast  plate. 

7.  We  must  be  girt  with  truth  about, 
Shod  with  the  gospel  peace,  throughout  ; 
Before  we  march  a  single  step, 
Examine  !  are  we  all  equipt. 

Through  grace,  &c. 


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8.  Oar  hearts  are  fir'd  with  holy  zeal, 
Oar  weapons  are  like  pointed  steel: 
Mighty  through  God,  to  pulling  down, 
Strongholds  of  Satan,  to  the  ground. 

Through  grace,  &c. 

9.  Then  let  us  march  into  the  field, 
Resolv'd  to  fight,  and  never  yield; 
Our  Captain's  orders  we'll  obey, 
Who  sets  the  battle  in  array. 

Through  vracc.  &c. 

10.  We  wrestle  not  with  flesh  and  blood, 
But  with  the  enemies  of  God; 

Who  darken  now  the  lower  world, 

Though  once  from  Heav'n  by  Michael  hurl'd 

Though  grace,  &c. 

11.  Our  enemies  begin  to  fall, 
Through  faith  in  Christ,  we  conquer  all ; 
All  principalities  and  powers, 

Glory  to  God  the  victory's  ours. 

Through  grace  &e. 


HYMJY  XIV. 

THE  GOSPEL  VOLUNTEER'S  RETURN. 

Tune—  soldier's  return- 

1.  Shout!  shout,  Victorious  Volunteers, 
No  enemies  can  harm  you ; 


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The  trump  of  Peace,  salutes  our  ears, 

Lay  by  the  holy  armour ; 
The  war  is  o'er  give  thanks  and  sing, 

With  joy  and  adoration ; 
Ascribe  the  praise  to  Christ  our  King, 

For  vict'ry  and  salvation. 

2.  Through  faith  the  conquest  we  have  won. 
Our  cause  is  well  defended  ; 

Our  conflict's  past,  our  work  is  done, 

We  soon  shall  be  disbanded, 
rhen  we  shall  leave  this  rolling  globe, 

With  all  things  transitory ; 
The  planets  and  each  shining  orb, 

As  we  return  to  glory. 

3.  Through  trackless  ether,  we  shall  rise, 
And  wing  our  way  to  Heaven ; 

Enter  the  gates  of  Paradise, 
Where  thousands  have  arriven. 

Who  fought  under  Immanuel, 
And  never  would  surrender ; 

rhey  vanquish'd  all  the  pow'rs  of  hell. 
And  reign  in  royal  splendor. 

I.  Those  ancient  worthies  we  shall  meet, 

And  share  their  blissful  treasure  ; 
^.nd  cast  our  crowns  at  Jesus'  feet, 

With  joy  and  endless  pleasure. 
Snler  the  Saints'  eternal  rest, 

That's  free  from  care  and  troubles ; 
3e  number'd  with  our  Saviour's  guest, 

W  ith  Princes  and  with  nobles. 


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5.  Around  the  dazzling  throne  of  God, 

Where  Jesus  sways  his  sceptre; 
W  ho  gave  us  vict'ry  through  his  blood. 

We'll  shout  in  highest  rapture  : 
In  concert  with  those  worthies  join, 

W  ho  fought  for  him  so  boldly, 
And  with  celestial  notes  divine — 

Cry  holy !  holy !  holy  ! 


HYMJYXV. 

DEATH,  THE  KING  OF  TERRORS,  ON  HIS  TRIUMPHANT 
MARCH. 

{Composed  Jan.  1813.) 

7«W-NEW-Dl'HHAJS, 

1.  The  King  of  terrors  doth  engage, 
W  ith  all  his  awful  power ; 

To  sweep  the  nations  from  the  stage, 
And  o'er  the  Kingdoms  tower. 

2.  What  devastation  he  has  made, 
Through  all  the  realms  below ; 

The  ancient  ages  they  are  dead, 
And  we  must  shortly  go. 

3.  Fierce  pestilence,  disease  and  war, 
The  troops  of  his  Command  ; 

Have  long  been  marching  from  afar, 
And  now  invade  our  land, 


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i.  Our  towns  and  cities,  they  beseige, 

And  strike  the  fatal  blow ; 
While  fierce  diseases  in  them  rage, 

Triumphant  is  our  foe. 

5.  Our  villages  they  oft  surround, 
Their  mighty  pow'r  reveal ; 

The  best  physicians,  they  confound. 
And  baffle  all  their  skill. 

6.  Our  habitations  are  not  free. 
From  those  terrific  bands ; 

The  ravages  of  death  we  see 
Among  our  nearest  friends. 

7.  Sad  accidents  approach  us  near, 
And  take  some  by  surprise ; 

They  start  and  catch  for  vital  air, 
Then  gasp  and  close  their  eyes, 

8.  Great  God  our  hearts  are  big  with  grief; 
To  thee  for  help  we  fly  ; 

Thy  only  Son  can  grant  relief, 
And  fit  us  for  to  die. 


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HYMN  XVI. 

I  WISDOM    DWELL  WITH    PRUDENCE,    AND    FIND  OUT 
KNOWLEDGE  OF  WITTY  INVENTIONS. 

Prov.  viii.  12. 

Z«ne— NEW- DURHAM. 

1.  I  wisdom  dwell  with  prudence  great, 
Of  knowledge  deep  and  high  ; 

My  eyes  survey  the  heavenly  state 
And  all  below  the  sky. 

2.  I  sit  a  counsellor  in  love, 
With  all  God's  attributes  ; 

And  keep  the  register  above, 
On  earth  to  end  disputes, 

3.  When  men  and  angels  shall  appear, 
Before  the  great  white  throne ; 

Then  I  shall  be  a  witness  there, 
To  what  they  all  have  done. 

4.  All  things  are  open  to  my  view, 
From  vast  Eternity ; 

There's  nothing  old,  nor  nothing  new, 
But  present  all  with  me. 

5.  My  omnipresent  eyes  survey, 
Creation's  vast  domain; 

A  thousand  years,  is  but  a  day, 
A  day  with  me's  the  same. 

6.  Since  present  knowledge  does  not  cause, 
Event-  for  to  take  place: 


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Men  have  no  need  to  break  my  laws, 
My  honor  to  disgrace. 

7.  Then  let  them  tremble  at  my  word, 

My  sacred  name  revere  ; 
Lest  they  be  banish'd  from  the  Lord 

And  sink  in  sad  despair. 


HYMJY  XVII 

THE  HOLY  JERUSALEM, REV.    XXI.   10. 

1.  Oh  !  behold  the  holy  city, 
Coming  down  from  God  on  high ; 

As  a  bride  all  dress'd  completely, 
Now  descending  from  the  sky  : 

She's  adora'd  with  grace  and  glory, 
Be^utifi'd  with  costly  stone; 

Lovely  is  her  form  before  me, 
Bright  as  the  meridian  Sun. 

2.  Ancient  prophets,  of  her  speak  well, 
Revelation  does  declare — 

Length  and  breadth,  and  height,  are  equal, 
iVnd  her  platform  lies  four  square. 

Fifteen  hundred  miles  extended — 

North,  and  South,  and  East,  and  West ; 

Fifteen  hundred  miles  most  splendid, 
See  her  buildings  rise  abreast. 


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3.  See  her  pearly  gates  a  spreading, 
To  receive  the  righteous  there  $ 

Whom  the  gracious  Saviour's  aiding7 

To  her  holy  mansions  fair. 
See  her  golden  streets  all  paved, 

As  the  righteous  march  along ; 
Where  the  nations  of  the  saved,, 

Join  in  one  eternal  song. 

4.  See  the  heav'nly  hosts  advancing, 
Near  the  throne  of  God  supreme ; 

Where  each  saint,  receives  a  mansion* 
And  eternal  love's  their  theme : 

On  their  Saviour's  beauty  gazing, 
In  sweet  raptures,  round  the  throne ; 

With  celestial  voices  praising, 
The  most  Jioly  three  in  one,    • 


HYMJY  XVIII. 

(Pat:-ioiic.) 
FOR  THE  PRESIDENTIAL  THANKSGIVING. 

TuM-FEDERAL    Ojif, 

1.  The  God  of  ages  let  us  praise, 
Unite  in  sweet  harmonious  lays, 

And  celebrate  the  day  ; 
In  which,  with  joy  we  call  to  mind, 
The  hand  of  Providence  so  kind, 

To  North-America. 


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2.  When  persecutions,  sore  oppress'*!, 
Our  fathers  found  no  place  to  rest, 

From  Europe,  saiFd  away  ; 
With  prayers  and  tears,  they  eross'd  the  Sea; 
And  pitch'd  their  tents  among  the  trees, 

In  North-America. 

3.  They  came  to  Plymouth's  lonesome  shore, 
And  bow'd  before  their  God  to  implore, 

His  arm  to  bear  the  sway  ; 
All  savage  cruelties  to  bind, 
That  they,  an  asylum,  might  find, 

In  North- America. 

4.  The  wilderness  began  to  bud, 
Under  the  fost'ring  hand  of  God, 

And  pleasant  gardens  gay ; 
Extensive  fields  did  soon  disclose, 
And  blossom  as  the  fragrant  rose, 

In  North-America. 

5.  Then  lofty  buildings  soon  were  rear'd, 
And  towns  and  cities  large  appear'd, 

And  states  in  firm  array ; 
A  voice  for  freedom,  loudly  spoke, 
And  British  tyranny  was  broke, 

In  North- America. 

6.  Our  liberties,  we  then  enjoy'd, 
And  arts  and  sciences  employ'd — • 

Our  genius  to  display. 
Under  our  vine,  and  fruitful  tree, 
We  worship'd  God,  with  conscience  free; 

In  North-America. 

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7.  But  when  our  States  divided  grew, 
The  shafts  of  death  among  us  flew, 

And  struck  us  with  dismay ; 
The  Epidemic  fever  rag'd ; 
British  and  Savage  powers  engaged 

With  North-America. 

8.  Our  nation  fill'd  with  anxious  cares, 
With  widow's  cries  and  orphan's  tears, 

Most  earnestly  did  pray ; 
Our  Enemies  before  us  fled, 
While  thousands  'round  us  fallen  dead, 

In  North-America. 

9.  Our  Ministers,  that  sailed  for  Ghent, 
Our  country's  cause  to  represent, 

Where  Adams,  B — — ,  R ,  Clay ; 

An  honorable  peace  was  made, 
Which  raised  the  dejected  head, 

Of  North- America. 

10.  This  day,  our  President  ordains, 
That  we  unite  in  cheerful  strains, 

And  sing  an  heavenly  lay  ; 
To  him  who  does  our  country  spare, 
The  greatness  of  his  name  declare, 

Through  North-America. 

11.  Let  different  orders,  sex  and  ranks, 
Return  to  God,  their  grateful  thanks, 

His  word  and  will  obey  ; 
That  thousands  may  hereafter  rise, 
To  sing  his  praise,  above  the  skies, 

From  North- America. 


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A  HYMN 

ON  THE    DEATH,  RESURRECTION,  AND    ASCENSION    OF 
CHRIST. 

Tune— lena. 

1.  "  See  the  Lord  of  glory  dying! 

"  See  him  gasping !  hear  him  crying ! 

"  See  his  burden'd  bosom  heave  ! 
"  Look  ye  sinners,  ye  that  hung  him  ; 
"  Look  how  deep  your  sins  have  stung  him, 

"  Dying  sinners  look  and  live"  ! 

2.  See  him  on  the  cross  a  bleeding ! 
There  for  mortals  interceding, 

Treated  with  indignity ! 
By  a  guilty  throng  surrounded, 
They  whose  wicked  hands  have  wounded, 

Pierc'd  and  naiFd  him  to  the  tree. 

3.  See  the  midday  sun  beclouded  ! 
And  the  world  in  darkness  shrouded ! 

Trembling  nature  stand  aghast ! 
While  the  solid  rocks  were  rending ! 
Christ  atones,  for  man  offending, 

Bows  his  head  and  breathers  his  last  \ 

4.  Full  atonement  now  is  finish'd, 
All  complete  and  not  diminish'd, 

Christ  has  pass'd  the  dreadful  gloom  ; 
Justice  by  his  blood  is  calmed, 
And  his  body  lies  embalmed, 

Silent  in  the  marble  tomb. 


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PART  SECOND. 

1.  See  the  Lord  of  life  arising  ! 
Death  is  conquer'd,  O  surprising  ! 

God-like  pow'r  he  hath  display'd  : 
Flaming  seraphs,  fly  from  glory  ! 
Tell  the  saints  the  pleasing  story, 

Christ  is  risen  from  the  dead  ! 

2.  Hail !  O  hail  the  happy  morning  ! 
Shout  for  joy  ;  and  cease  from  mourning, 

Weeping  Mary,  dry  your  tears. 
Christ  is  risen  all  triumphant ! 
Lo  !  he  comes  his  saints  to  comfort, 

God  immortal  he  appears  ! 

3.  Death  and  hell  are  disappointed, 
By  the  pow'r  of  God's  annointed, 

Let  the  world  believe  in  him  ; 
He's  almighty  to  deliver, 
Bless  his  sacred  name  forever, 

Christ  is  Lord  and  God  supreme. 

PART  THIRD. 

1.  See  him  in  the  clouds  ascending! 
Bright  celestial  guards  attending, 

'Scort  him  to  the  realms  of  light ! 
Where  the  heav'ny  hosts  adore  him, 
Cast  their  golden  crowns  before  him 

Fall  transported  at  the  sight ! 

2.  There  the  heavens  will  retain  him, 
Till  his  foes  who  once  have  slain  him, 

Shall  from  glory  see  him  come ; 


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With  ten  thousand  saints  surrounded  ! 
Meet  a  guilty  world  confounded  ! 
And  pronounce  their  dreadful  doom. 

3.  Hark !  hear  Gabriel's  trumpet  sounding ! 
Rise  ye  saints,  with  joy  abounding, 

Christ  your  Saviour  now  draws  near ; 
On  his  great  white  throne  behold  him  ! 
See  him  there  the  books  unfolding, 

Come  to  judgement  all  appear. 


THE  LIBERTINE  CONVERTED, 

IN  A  TIME  OF  REVIVAL. 

Tw  e — SAILOR  JACK. 

,1.  When  this  revival  first  began, 

Undaunted  was  my  face, 
I  then  resolv'd  to  play  the  man, 

And  would  not  yield  to  grace. 
But  when  I  heard  the  gospel  preachM, 
The  word  with  power  my  conscience  reach VI 

And  broke  my  shield  of  brass. 

2.  A  voice  from  flaming  Sinai  spoke, 
Like  seven  fold  thunders  roar'd  ! 

My  adamantine  heart  was  broke 
Conviction,  on  me  pour'd  ! 

I  stood  condemned  by  the  law, 

The  sentence  pass'd  was  just  I  saw, 
For  having  griev'd  my  Lord. 


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3.  The  trumpet  sounded  long  and  loud, 
Terific,  to  my  ears  ! 

The  lightning  flashing  from  the  cloud, 

Conspird  to  fill  my  fears! 
Sorrows  of  death  compassed  me, 
The  pains  of  hell,  I  could  not  flee, 

Which  brought  me  to  my  prayers. 

4.  My  contrite  heart  began  to  melt, 
Like  wax,  before  the  fire  ; 

Ah!  who  can  tell  the  pains  I  felt, 

How  ardent  my  desire  ! 
For  free  salvation  in  the  name 
Of  Christ,  the  nil  atoning  lamb; 

The  promised  Messiah. 

5.  My  soul  was  hunibl'd  to  the  ground. 
To  view  the  path  I'd  trod; 

Mercy  I  sought  and  pardon  found, 

t  Through  faith  in  Jesus  blood, 
And  now  I'm  happy  in  his  love 
I  taste  the  joys  of  heav'n  above, 
And  know  I'm  born  ofGod. 


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An  Elegy  on  the  the  death  of  several  young  Ladies, 
tvho  died  in  the  village  of  Alford  within  a  very  few 
weeks  of  each  other,  with  consumptive  disorders. 
This  solemn  event  had  a  very  salutary  effect  on  the 
minds  of  many.  This  event  teas  followed  by  a  re- 
vival of  religion  in  that  place. 

1.  When  providence  began  to  frown, 
And  cut  our  noblest  songsters  down, 

A  voice  from  heav'n  did  say  ; 
Prepare,  prepare  to  meet  thy  God, 
Through  faith  in  the  atoneing  blood, 

Prepare,  without  delay. 

2.  Mary,  in  bloom  of  life  must  die, 
Cynthia,  Cordelia's  soul  must  fly, 

Into  a  .world  unknown  : 
Rebecca's  spirit  cannot  stay, 
And  Axthsah's  hasten  on  the  way, 

From  whence  there's  no  return. 

3.  No  medic  power,  nor  art,  nor  skill, 
Of  wise  Physicians  could  repel, 

The  firm  attacks  of  death; 
But  when  their  best  prescriptions  fail'd, 
The  dire  disorder  still  prevail'd, 

Till  each  resign'd  her  breath. 

4.  But  O  !  how  anxioiIS  they  appe%r'd, 
That  they  by  grace  might  be  prepar'd, 

To  leave  this  world  with  joy  ; 
And  bid  farewell  to  all  below ; 
And  to  the  Church  triumphant  go, 

W  here  nothing  can  annoy. 


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5.  Thanks  be  to  God,  that  some  of  them? 
For  pardon  sought  and  found  the  same. 

And  could  recline  their  heads  : 
Upon  their  dear  redeemer's  breast, 
In  hopes  of  everlasting  rest, 

They  pass'd  death's  gloomy  shades. 

6.  Ah  !  who  can  e'er  forget  that  look, 
They  gave  while  they  so  mildly  spoke, 

Before  they  breath'd  their  last ; 
In  lisping  fourth  redeeming  love, 
In  hopes  to  join  the  choirs  above, 

And  taste  their  sweet  repast. 

7.  Their  mortal  powers  did  still  decline, 
While  smiles  most  heavenly  and  divine, 

Adorn'd  their  feble  clay ; 
Each  placid  countenance  declar'd, 
They  went  to  reap  a  vast  reward 

Of  bliss  in  endless  day. 

8.  Where  love  inspires  immortal  tongues, 
And  happy  millions  join  their  songs, 

To  sing  their  Saviours  praise ; 
With  saints,  and  angels  round  the  throne, 
Adore,  admire,  and  bless  the  Son* 

And  on  his  beauties  gaze. 


Pamphlet 
Binder 

Gaylord  Bros.,  In, 

Makers 


